Ariana
Ariana or Aryana , general name for the eastern provinces of the ancient Persian Empire. It was used to mean the regions S of the Oxus (modern Amu Darya) River; the regions to the north were called Transoxiana (see Sogdiana ). Ariana is included in present E Iran, N and E Afghanistan, and India NE of the Indus River.
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Yakutsk: permafrost capital of the world: did you forget to turn off the water? In Yakutsk, a city just below the Arctic Circle, a little drip from a pipe creates an enormous ice sculpture.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Located in East Siberia, Russia, Yakutsk is the capital of the Russian republic...It is a major port on the Lena River. Yakutsk is at the same latitude as Anchorage...across the river in 1643. It was called Yakutsk. It became a capital and trade center...
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Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth ; Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk - the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun Walker enjoys a mini-break in deepest Siberia winter temperatures
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 1/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...know this because I've just arrived in Yakutsk, a place where friendly locals warn you against wearing spectacles outdoors. Yakutsk is a remote city in Eastern Siberia...by the cold. A couple of weeks ago, Yakutsk hit the headlines after a series of burst...
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Yakutsk in Path of Raging Flood Waters, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 5/21/2001; ; 589 words
; ...Helicopters flew up the Lena River from Yakutsk every half-hour Sunday to check on a...the eastern Siberian city by morning. Yakutsk, where 200,000 people live, is the...up, waves of water and ice headed for Yakutsk about 1,200 kilometers downstream...
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Russia: Floodwater threatens to devastate city on stilts Yakutsk, a city of 200,000 people, is a marvel of Soviet engineering. But it may be destroyed in floods caused by melting Siberian ice
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...destroy a marvel of Soviet engineering - Yakutsk, a city of 200,000 people constructed...Lensk, 840km (525 miles) south-east of Yakutsk. The powerful flood crest was expected to reach Yakutsk early this morning (late Sunday BST...
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LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 8/20/2007; 556 words
; LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program YAKUTSK. Aug 20 (Interfax) - Korea's LG International, a large industrial conglomerate, plans to invest in the South Yakutsk Complex Development Project, which focuses on the development...
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LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program (Part 2).
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 8/20/2007; 674 words
; LG to invest in South Yakutsk Development Program (Part 2) YAKUTSK. Aug 20 (Interfax) - Korea's LG International...industrial conglomerate, plans to invest in the South Yakutsk Complex Development Project, which focuses on the development...
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RUSSIA-PLANE-YAKUTSK-ACCIDENT.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 8/24/2006; 628 words
; RUSSIA-PLANE-YAKUTSK-ACCIDENT Passenger jet veers off runway at Yakutsk airport, no one hurt Yakutsk, August 24 (Interfax) - A Domodedovo Airlines Ilyushin Il-96 passenger jet ran 15 meters off the runway of Yakutsk airport at takeoff...
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FLOOD CALMS IN LENSK, HEADS FOR YAKUTSK
News Wire article from: United Press International; 5/18/2001; 563 words
; ...2001 Flood calms in Lensk, heads for Yakutsk MOSCOW, May 18, 2001 (United Press...Friday only to move to the regional capital Yakutsk threatening further destruction, the...that the Yakutia region's capital, Yakutsk, could be swamped by the raging floodwater...
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Korean company plans to build waste recycling plant in Yakutsk.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 3/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...Korean company plans to build waste recycling plant in Yakutsk YAKUTSK. March 14 (Interfax-Far East) - South Korean company...build a sorting yard and waste recycling facility in Yakutsk, Interfax was told by the city administration on Friday...
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Whom to vote for in Yakutsk? MEANWHILE
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Tribune 11-17-2007 Whom to vote for in Yakutsk? MEANWHILE Byline: Tamara Tarasova The...literature. I received my education in Yakutsk. At various times I worked as an English...Tarasova runs a small general store in Yakutsk, in the Russian Far East. (Copyright...
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Yakutsk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yakutsk , city (1989 pop. 187,000), capital of the...and has tanneries, sawmills, and brickworks. Yakutsk was founded in 1632. It has a university (founded 1956) and the Yakutsk branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Sakha Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...108,000 sq km), NE Siberian Russia. Yakutsk is the capital. The Sakha Republic is...have great hydroelectric potential. The Yakutsk-Skovorodino highway is the chief overland...rail line from the Trans-Siberian RR to Yakutsk. Air transport and winter sledging are...
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Khabarov, Yerofei Pavlovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Vasily Poyarkov, the administrator of Yakutsk and an early explorer of the Amur River...able to find. In March, Khabarov left Yakutsk with 150 men, following the Olekma River...garrison on the Amur. In his reports to Yakutsk and Moscow, Khabarov advocated conquest...
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Middendorf, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...many Siberian locations, especially in Yakutsk. Middendorf twice crossed the Taymyr Peninsula and in Yakutsk revealed the mysterious phenomenon of...determined the depth of the frozen layer under Yakutsk to be 204 meters (10 meters less than...
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Dezhnev, Semen Ivanovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...made into Siberia during the seventeenth century. Based in Yakutsk, Dezhnev helped to explore and survey the Alazeya and Kolyma...Anadyr overland. Dezhnev was relieved in 1659 and returned to Yakutsk in 1662. In 1672, shortly before his death, he returned...
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