Constantinople
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Constantinople the former name for Istanbul from ad 330 (when it was given its name by Constantine the Great) to the capture of the city by the Turks in 1453. Constantinople is the anglicized form of
Constantinopolis, ‘city of Constantine’.
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Pan Asia in pact with Eurogas Inc. to develop oil and gas in the Republic of Sakha.
PR Newswire; 9/19/2000; 700+ words
; ...Venture ("TAKT") in the Republic of Sakha. Sakhaneftegaz, the...Company of the Republic of Sakha holds the remaining 50...About The Republic of Sakha: See Website...The Republic of Sakha is located in the eastern...
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S&P assigns Russia's Sakha Republic 'B+' rating, stable outlook.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 6/15/2007; 560 words
; S&P assigns Russia's Sakha Republic 'B+' rating, stable outlook MOSCOW...credit rating to the Republic of Sakha (ruA+/--/--), located in...The rating is constrained by Sakha's remote location in Russia's...
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Russia's Sakha Republic invites Chinese companies to join energy exploration
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/21/2006; 326 words
; Russia's Sakha Republic invites Chinese companies to join energy...Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Sakha Republic held a grand introduction briefing...mining and transportation areas. The Sakha Republic sent a large delegation to attend...
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SAIC EXECUTES HISTORIC CONTRACT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA
PR Newswire; 9/28/1993; 548 words
; ...executed an historic contract with the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to conduct a feasibility...educational network for the republic. Sakha has 1 million people spread over...government facilities in Yaktusk, the Sakha Republic. The four-month...
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Syntroleum and Yakutgazprom Agree to Pursue GTL Plant in Russian Republic Of Sakha.
PR Newswire; 3/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...GTL) plant near the city of Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation. The Sakha Republic is located in Eastern Siberia approximately...fuel in this manner will reduce the Republic of Sakha's external balance of payments significantly...
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Project to Excavate and Display Mammoth Enters Second Stage; Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation.
PR Newswire; 1/19/2004; 576 words
; ...discovered in the Ust-Yansky ulus of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation...the governments of the Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation and as well...World Exposition and the Republic of Sakha, which holds the rights to the excavated...
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RUSSIA: SAKHA - REPUBLIC AIMS TO BOOST DIAMOND PRODUCTION.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/9/1999; 490 words
; Sakha's President Mikhail Nikolaev announced on 6 December that his republic, which was once known as Yakutia, may produce as...new mines go into production, Interfax reported. Sakha also plans to increase production of cut diamonds...
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Searching for a miracle: a Victorian-era English nurse seems an unlikely hero to be celebrated in a remote corner of Siberia. And yet, more than a century after her epic journey to the region, Kate Marsden is still fondly remembered for her altruism and compassion towards leprosy sufferers in the Republic of Sakha. Felicity Aston visited far-eastern Russia in the hope of tracking down the miracle herb at the heart of Marsden's story.(In memoriam)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...in this remote outpost in the vast Sakha Republic of northeastern Siberia, Marsden...Known as Yakutia to the Russians, Sakha is both spellbinding and terrifying...riding into Vilyuysk accompanied by 15 Sakha Cossacks. She had travelled right...
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RUSSIA: SAKHA - REPUBLIC HEAD CALLS FOR NEW FEDERAL MINISTRY.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 2/3/2000; 436 words
; In an interview with "Nezavisimaya gazeta" on 26 January, Sakha Republic President Mikhail Nikolaev suggested creating a federal ministry for the affairs of Eastern territories, Interfax-Eurasia reported...
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RUSSIA: DESPITE GROWING PRESSURE, SAKHA PRESIDENT HAS BULK OF REPUBLIC BEHIND HIM.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/9/2001; 613 words
; The government of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic expressed bewilderment on 6 December...President Mikhail Nikolaev and the republic's former finance minister, Aleksandr...supported by practically all of the Sakha elite. JAC Copyright (c) 2001...
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Sakha Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sakha Republic , formerly Yakut Republic or Yakutia , constituent...Siberian Russia. Yakutsk is the capital. The Sakha Republic is bounded in the N by the Laptev...activities. Much lumber is exported. The Sakha Republic has printing works, food-processing...
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Sakha and Yakuts
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...twenty-first century, Yakutia or the Republic of Sakha is an autonomous republic within Russia...or Evenki languages. The some 400,000 Sakha people living and working in the Republic of Sakha take pride in their strong and unique heritage...
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Yakut Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yakut Republic or Yakutia: see Sakha Republic , Russia.
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Yakut
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Yakut ETHNONYMS: Sakha, Urangkhai Sakha, Yakutians Orientation Identification . The Yakut, who prefer to call themselves "Sakha," live in Yakutia, the Sovereign Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation formed in 1992...
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Russian Far East
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...coast of Asia and including the Sakha Republic, Maritime Territory (Primorsky...of the Ussuri; the People's Republic of China has denounced the "unequal...remained, and in 1920 the Far Eastern Republic was formed as a buffer state between...
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