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Russia Volgograd
Stalingrad, Volgograd/Russia See Volgograd.... Read more |
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Kingisepp
Kingisepp , city, NW European Russia, SW of St. Petersburg, near the Estonian border, on the Luga River. A river port, it has leather and shoe industries. The site was settled in the 9th cent., and the fortress of Yam was founded there in 1384 as a frontier post of Novgorod. The fortress was taken... Read more |
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Gori
Gori , city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. A rail junction, it has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to Russia in 1801. Joseph Stalin was born in the city.... Read more |
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Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Dagestan/Russia Petrovskoye, Petrovsk Port In a war with Persia Peter I the Great† gained a foothold along the western and southern coasts of the Caspian Sea in 1722–3, although it was relinquished again in 1732. This territory was reacquired by Russia at the beginning... Read more |
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Azov
Azov , city (1990 est. pop. 82,000), SE European Russia, a port on the Don River delta near the Sea of Azov. It is a rail junction, a light industrial center, and a fishing center. Tourism supplements the economy. Founded as the Greek colony of Tanaïs (3d cent. BC), it was a trading center and... Read more |
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Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk or Novorossiisk , city (1989 pop. 186,000), Krasnodar Territory, SE European Russia, on the Black Sea. A major port and a naval base, it exports grain and oil, has shipyards, and is a major center of the Russian cement industry. It is connected the pipelines to the oilfields of... Read more |
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Rostov-na-Donu
Rostov‐on‐Don (Rostov‐na‐Donu), Rostov/Russia Temernika Founded in 1749 and renamed in 1761 after the fortress‐church dedicated to St Dmitry, Bishop of Rostov Velikiy (see Rostov). In 1806 it was renamed Rostov‐on‐(the River) Don to distinguish... Read more |
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Tula (Russia)
Tula , city (1991 pop. 545,000), capital of Tula region, N central European Russia, on the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. It is an important rail and highway hub and a manufacturing city of the Moscow industrial region. Russia's oldest metallurgical center, it also produces heavy and light... Read more |
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Crimean War
Crimean War , 1853-56, war between Russia on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and Sardinia on the other. The causes of the conflict were inherent in the unsolved Eastern Question . The more immediate occasion was a dispute between Russia and France over the Palestinian... Read more |
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Sovetsk
Sovetsk , formerly Tilsit , town (1989 pop. 41,900), NW European Russia, on the Neman River at the mouth of the Tilse. It is a rail junction, a river port, and an industrial and commercial center in an agricultural area. Lumbering and woodworking are the chief industries; others include the... Read more |
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Omsk
Omsk City on the Irtysh and Om rivers, w Siberia, Russia. Founded as a fortress town in 1716, it became the administrative centre of w Siberia in 1824. From 1918–19 it was the headquarters of the anti... |
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Voronezh
Voronezh Industrial port on the River Voronezh, w central Russia, capital of Voronezh province. Founded as a fortress in 1586, it became a shipbuilding centre under Peter I. During World War 2, the city was almost totally destroyed and most... |
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Ochakov crisis
...Catherine the Great's Russia, then at war with the Ottoman empire. Ochakov, a fortress on the Black Sea near Odessa...Britain, particularly since Russia had already acquired access...Leeds's resignation, and Russia kept Ochakov. A humiliating... |
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Peter the Great
...vessels, and 28,000 men.As Russia had no outlet to the west...defence it was protected by the fortress and naval base of Kronstadt...the city around 1704, making Russia a significant shipbuilding nation...fleet during a naval action. Russia has great ... |
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First World War
...Serbia that Germany declared war on Russia, and on Russia's ally France; the German war plan...the ‘Triple Entente’ of Russia, France, and the British Empire...a tactical stalemate: a vast fortress line of trenches, well wired... |
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Seven Years War
...France and Austria, with support from Russia, Sweden, and Saxony, aligned themselves against...Austrians, and Russians in turn. Only when Russia withdrew from the war on the death of...men under General Amherst to capture the fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island ... |
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Norwegian campaign
...air-sea operations against the Arctic convoys to northern Russia (see Arctic convoys). But the cost was high, as up to 350...Blücher, was sunk by the guns and torpedoes of the Oscarsborg fortress. King Haakon VII (1872–1957) and the government, which... |
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Kaunas
Kaunas, Lithuania Kowno/Kovno Founded as a fortress in 1030, it passed to Russia in 1795 at the third partition of Poland, Lithuania and Poland having amalgamated in 1569. It was the provisional capital of... |
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg (Sankt Peterburg), Russia, USA 1. Russia: the first fortress built where the River Okhta flows into the River...St Peter (and conveniently, himself). When Russia entered the First World War in 1914 against Germany... |
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Maykop
Maykop, Adygeya Republic/Russia Founded as a fortress in 1857 with a name possibly derived from the Adygey myequape ‘river mouth of the valley of apple trees’ from miye ‘apple tree’, ko ‘valley’, and pe ‘river mouth’. |
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Yemanzhelinsk
Yemanzhelinsk, Chelyabinsk/Russia Developed from a fortress built in 1747 with a name derived from the Yemanzhelinka River. This comes from the Tatar yaman ‘bad’ and yelga ‘river’, probably a reference to the unpotable nature of the water. |
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Georgiyevsk
Georgiyevsk, Stavropol Territory/Russia Named after a fortress built in 1777 which was itself named after St George. |
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Temryuk
Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory/Russia Developed from a fortress built in 1570 by, and named after, Prince Temryuk Aydarovich. |
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Michurinsk
Michurinsk, Tambov/Russia Kozlov Founded as a fortress in 1636, it was renamed in 1932 after Ivan Michurin (1855–1935), a horticulturist who founded an institute here and died here. |
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Nal'chik
Nal'chik, Kabardino‐Balkariya/Russia Founded as a Russian fortress in 1818 on the Nal′chik River, the name may possibly be derived from a local word for ‘Little Horseshoe’. |
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Vyborg
Vyborg, Leningrad/Russia Viipuri Originally built as a fortress and held by the Swedes in 1293–1710 and called ‘Holy Fort’ from the Swedish vi ‘holy’ and borg. During the Great... |
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Kherson
...the Lower Dnieper River and is not in the Crimea. The modern city was founded in 1778 as a fortress to help defend the coast, recently acquired by Russia. The original ruins of Chersonesos lie some 3 miles (5 km) west of Sevastopol in the Crimea... |
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Stiff-arming Russia: rolling over Moscow today may produce "Fortress Russia"...
...shape of Europe. It will exclude Russia--as well as a number of other...the claims of those who seek a "Fortress Russia" policy. Many Russians, both...START II). START II obliges Russia to eliminate the mainstay of its... |
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The Problem With Putin; Bush's Moscow visit will be a trip to Fortress Russia.
...whatever they want," Sergei Lavrov, Russia's blunt foreign minister, complained...globe, Bush has run headlong into Fortress Russia. Increasingly, he's fending...geopolitics: of covert action on Russia's borders, competing spheres... |
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Sanctions would reinforce 'Fortress Kremlin' The Russia riddle I
...2008 Sanctions would reinforce 'Fortress Kremlin' The Russia riddle IByline: Brook Horowitz...that economic sanctions against Russia were not appropriate for the...further isolation, like excluding Russia from the Group of Eight, suspending... |
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Fortress Partners With Gazprombank in Russia
...Marketwire - April 9, 2008) - Fortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress...the three largest banks in Russia. The Company is also pleased...gold project acquisitions in Russia, capitalizing on the respective...extensive relationships in Russia. The ... |
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Fortress Minerals Corp.: Russia and Mongolia Drilling Update
...CCNMatthews - May 11, 2006) - Fortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE...an update on its work programs in Russia and Mongolia. At the Svetloye Gold Project in Russia a 20,000 metre drill program is... |
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Fortress Appoints Igor Gladkov VP Russia
...Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2008) - Fortress Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE...Igor Gladkov as Vice President Russia. Mr. Gladkov has many years...experience in the mining industry in Russia and the CIS. Most recently...Glencore International AG in Russia for many ... |
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Fortress Minerals Corp. Corporate News: Partners With Gazprombank in Russia.
...bellwetherreport.com: Fortress Minerals Corp. Corporate News: Partners With Gazprombank in Russia(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...the three largest banks in Russia. The Company is also pleased...gold project acquisitions in Russia, capitalizing on the ... |
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Hapoel Jerusalem hopes Malha's 'fortress' atmosphere will carry it past...
...Jerusalem hopes Malha's 'fortress' atmosphere will carry it past Russia's KazanByline: ALLON SINAIEdition...week's 88-66 victory in Russia and Jerusalem will have a tough...We want Malha to be our fortress and for that to be case no... |
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Fortress Reports Drilling Underway at the Svetloye Project, Russia
...ProgramFortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress" or "the Company") (TSX...the Svetloye gold project in Russia has arrived on site and will...prep lab facility in Okhotsk, Russia and samples shipped to American...prep lab facility in Okhotsk Russia and samples ... |
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RUSSIA: IVANOV BEMOANS BELGRADE'S 'BESIEGED FORTRESS' POLICY.(Brief Article)
...Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is contributing to the country's international isolation. Belgrade's "besieged fortress" policy, he commented, is "not helping to normalize Yugoslavia's situation in the world." And he underlined Moscow... |
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