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(Encyclopedia)Russia, officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2015 est. pop. 143,888,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). The largest country in the world by area, Russia is bounded by Norwa...White Russia
(Encyclopedia)White Russia: see Belarus.Russia Company
(Encyclopedia)Russia Company: see Muscovy Company.Andrusov, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Andrusov, Treaty of n´droosf, Rus. ndroo´sf [key], 1667, signed by Poland and Russia at the village of Andrusov, Russia (present-day Androsovo). It ended the war of Czar Alexis of Russ...Poland, partitions of
(Encyclopedia)Poland, partitions of. The basic causes leading to the three successive partitions (1772, 1793, 1795) that eliminated Poland from the map were the decay and the internal disunity of Poland and the eme...Adrianople, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Adrianople, Treaty of, also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additi...Vernadsky, George
(Encyclopedia)Vernadsky, George vrnät´sk [key], 1887–1973, American historian, b. Russia. He emigrated to the United States in 1927 and was research associate in history (1927–46) and professor of Russian...Kyakhta
(Encyclopedia)Kyakhta or Kiakhtaboth: kyäkh´t [key], city, Buryat Republic, S Siberian Russia, near the Russian-Mongolian border. Kyakhta is on the highway from Ulan-Ude to Ulaanbaatar and is a major transit po...Norilsk
(Encyclopedia)Norilsk nrlsk´ [key], city (1989 pop. 175,000), Krasnoyarsk Territory, N Siberian Russia. The northernmost major city of Russia and the world's second largest city (after Murmansk) above the Arct...Russo-Turkish Wars
(Encyclopedia)Russo-Turkish Wars. The great eastward expansion of Russia in the 16th and 17th cent., during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, nevertheless left the shores of the Black Sea in the hands of the Ottom...Browse by Subject
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