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Russia
Russia officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2005 est. pop. 143,420,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). The country is bounded by Norway and Finland in the northwest; by Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine in the west; by Georgia and Azerbaijan in the southwest; a... Read more
Kara
Kara , river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. ... Read more
Akademgorodok
Akademgorodok , city, W central Siberian Russia, near Novosibirsk . A scientific center begun in 1959, it is the site of 20 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Read more
Gorky
Gorky or Gorky Leninskoye , suburb of Moscow, central European Russia. The country home of Lenin, who died there, is now a memorial museum. ... Read more
Treaty of Adrianople
Treaty of Adrianople 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 additional territory on the Black Sea, opened the Dardanelles to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy... Read more
partitions of Poland
partitions of Poland 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 emergence of its neighbors, Russia and Prussia, as leading European powers. The first partition was prop... Read more
Barents Sea
Barents Sea arm of the Arctic Ocean, N of Norway and European Russia, partially enclosed by Franz Josef Land on the north, Novaya Zemlya on the east, and Svalbard on the west. Its waters are warmed by the remnants of the North Atlantic Drift , so that its ports, including Murmansk and Vardö, ... Read more
Richard Chancellor
Richard Chancellor d. 1556, English navigator. When, largely under the inspiration of Sebastian Cabot , a group of men in England undertook to finance a search for the Northeast Passage to Asia, Chancellor was chosen as second in command under Sir Hugh Willoughby. They sailed in 1553, and Chancell... Read more
Samara
Samara , river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. ... Read more
Sura
Sura , river, c.540 mi (870 km) long, rising E of Penza, S central European Russia. It flows generally north to empty into the Volga River. It is navigable for about 100 mi (160 km) upstream. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Russia"

Russia Company
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History RUSSIA COMPANY In the early modern period, different...membership, directors, and regulations. The Russia Company (also known as the Muscovy Company...its discovery of a viable water route to Russia (the White Sea or Archangel route) and...
Russia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Russia Country statistics area: 17,075,000sq km (6,592,800sq...The Urals form a natural border between European and Asian Russia ( Siberia ). About 25% of Russia lies in Europe, w of the Urals. European Russia contains about...
Democratic Russia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA The movement Democratic Russia (DR) is a relic of the end of the Soviet epoch, when opposition...opposition. Its predecessor was the bloc of candidates "Democratic Russia" in the March 1990 elections for people's deputies to the...
Elizabeth (Russia) (1709–1762; Ruled 1741–1762)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ELIZABETH (RUSSIA) (1709 – 1762; ruled 1741 – 1762) ELIZABETH (RUSSIA) (1709 – 1762; ruled 1741 – 1762), empress of Russia. Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and his second wife...
Russia and the Middle East
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST From Catherine the Great...eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Russia increased pressure on the Ottoman and Persian...interior. Persia's refusal to recognize Russia's 1801 annexation of Georgia led to a...
Russia-Belarus Union
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History RUSSIA-BELARUS UNION Belarus and Russia were constituent republics of the Soviet Union and became independent...Independent States (CIS). The traditionally close ties between Russia and Belarus and a relatively weak Belarusian national identity...
Russia, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Russia, Intelligence and Security The Russian...oppression, and famine cost millions of lives. Russia entered World War II as a member of the...Allied defeat of Germany in 1945. Although Russia was a strategic wartime ally, relations...
French Influence in Russia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History FRENCH INFLUENCE IN RUSSIA The first real manifestations of the influence of France in Russia date from Russia's first political opening toward Europe, undertaken by Peter the Great (r. 1682 – 1725) and further advanced by Catherine...
Michael Romanov (Russia) (1596–1645; Ruled 1613–1645)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MICHAEL ROMANOV (RUSSIA) (1596 – 1645; ruled 1613 – 1645) MICHAEL ROMANOV (RUSSIA) (1596 – 1645; ruled 1613 – 1645), tsar of Russia. Michael Fedorovich Romanov came to the throne in 1613 as the...
Russia, U.S. Military Intervention in, 1917–20
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Russia, U.S. Military Intervention in, 1917–20. American intervention in Russia developed in response to the political turmoil...markets, and an opportunity to revitalize Russia's military effort against the Central...

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Russia, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History RUSSIA, RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, RELATIONS WITH. During the Revolutionary War, American leaders...with as many nations as possible, and Congress hoped that tsarist Russia might be willing to not only recognize the new nation diplomatically...
Russia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Russia (official name Russian Federation ) A country...Physical The largest country in the world, Russia extends from the Gulf of Finland in the...Ural Mountains divide European from Asian Russia. The plateaus and plains of Siberia make...
Russia, Christianity in
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Russia, Christianity in. Christian missionaries first preached extensively in Russia in the 9th and 10th cents. Prince Vladimir was...by St Sergius of Radonezh it extended all over Russia. The monasteries supplied bishops, while the...
Russia/Ussr
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis RUSSIA/USSR Psychoanalysis was introduced into Russia in 1905 when Nikolai Osipov (1877-1934) returned to Moscow...the First World War, Sigmund Freud (1914d) wrote: "In Russia, psychoanalysis has become generally known and has spread...
Russia Company
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Russia Company The pioneers of a North‐East Passage to Russia were rewarded by the English government in 1555 with a trading charter with exclusive rights. The tsar also granted them special privileges. The charter was confirmed by...
Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. See AKHRR .
Helmersen, Grigory Petrovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...September 1803; d . St. Petersburg, Russia, 15 February 1885) geology . After graduating...organizers of the Geological Committee of Russia and its first director (1882). Helmersen...number of regions of central and southern Russia. His first investigations were a study...
Chernyshev, Feodosy Nikolaevich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Chernyshev, Feodosy Nikolaevich ( b . Kiev, Russia, 12 September 1856; d . St. Peterburg, Russia, 2 January 1914), geology, stratigraphy...recently organized Geological Committee of Russia. He was assigned to make a geological survey...
Kruber, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Voskresensk [now Istra], Moiscow guberniya, Russia, 10 August 1871; d . Moscow, U.S...phenomena in the territory of European Russia and the Caucasus. In 1915 he was 0awarded...x201C; Physiographic Regions of European Russia ” ; 1907) and Ocherki geografi...
Portsmouth, Treaty of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...PORTSMOUTH, TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH, TREATY OF. Russia and Japan accepted President Roosevelt...McLane in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Russia agreed after losing major naval and land...reach compromises on war reparations by Russia to Japan, returning captured Japanese...

Thesaurus entries related to "Russia"

report
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...of the conference synonyms : record, document, minute, write up, chronicle, write down, take down. phrase: report on   journalists reporting on events in Russia synonyms : write on/about, write an account of, broadcast.
ice
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...on ice informal.  See pending adjective sense 1. on thin ice  we're standing on thin ice by testing Russia's patience synonyms : in a risky situation, at risk, in peril, imperiled, living dangerously, living on the edge.
mistrust
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : question, challenge, doubt, have no confidence in, have no faith in. • noun   1. mistrust of Russia was widespread synonyms : suspicion, distrust, doubt, misgivings, wariness.   2. their mistrust of David's competence...
latter
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...latter stages of development synonyms : later, closing, end, concluding, final; latest, most recent. antonym: initial.   2. Russia chose the latter option synonyms : last-mentioned, second, last, later. antonym: former.
leather
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...leather kid kidskin lambskin Levant morocco mocha morocco nappa/napa Nubuck™ oxhide patent leather pigskin rawhide Russia leather sealskin shagreen shammy sheepskin snakeskin suede whitleather Imitation Leather Broncohide™ DuraSuede...
mire
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 2. they were stuck in the mire synonyms : mud, slime, dirt, filth, muck.   3. struggling to pull Russia out of the mire synonyms : mess, difficulty, plight, predicament, tight spot, trouble, quandary, muddle; informal jam...
fight
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...donnybrook.   2. a heavyweight fight synonyms : boxing match, bout, match.   3. Japan's fight against Russia synonyms : battle, engagement, clash, conflict, struggle; war, campaign, crusade, action, hostilities.   4...

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Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: DEC 09, 2004).
Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 12/9/2004; 700+ words ; - RUSSIA-GREECE RELATIONS AT TOP POLITICAL LEVEL...PROTOCOL - SPAIN TO STEP UP COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA IN FIGHTING TERRORISM - AMBASSADOR - FRADKOV...DELIVERIES TO AZERBAIJAN MAY RESUME DECEMBER 10 - RUSSIA LIKELY TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH PARIS CLUB...
Russia takes over space control system from Tajikistan as part of debt.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia; 7/18/2008; 700+ words ; ...DUSHANBE, Jul.18, (TCA Editions) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on July...the settlement of Tajikistan's debt to Russia by transferring the Nurek optical-electronic...the settlement of Tajikistan's debt to Russia for state credits and the addendum to...
Russia First: Breaking with the West.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Demokratizatsiya; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; Russia First: Breaking with the West. Peter Truscott...drastic turn inward and eastward. With Russia First, European Parliament member Peter...this sudden shift. Truscott argues that Russia traded its exclusive emulation of the West...
Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: MAY 15, 2002).
Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 5/15/2002; 700+ words ; RUSSIA, NATO AGREE TO ESTABLISH COUNCIL OF 20 REYKJAVIK. May 15 (Interfax) - Russia and NATO sealed an agreement to establish a new...Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that the Russia-NATO council is an organization in which Russia...
Russia looks at the world: westward no?
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/4/1992; 700+ words ; ...meeting of the Group of Seven underlines Russia's main foreign-policy goal: to join...really the place in the world that a reborn Russia should seek? IN THE 19th century, two...dominated political and intellectual life in Russia. The westernisers wanted to use European...
Russia's Efforts in the Iraq Crisis Don't Tip Foreign Policy Balance; Primakov Tries to Retain Independence, Avoid Conflict With U.S.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/21/1997; ; 700+ words ; Russia's successful mediation in the Iraq arms inspection crisis...over, Russian observers say. But they pointedly argue that Russia cannot afford a break with Washington. "Russia is likely to deviate from the United States only on the margins...
Russia patches up space program.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 3/8/2003; 700+ words ; ...illustrated these hard times as well as Russia's role in the rocky beginnings of the...Station. The U.S. thought bringing Russia into the project would save it $2 billion; instead Russia cost the effort $3 billion. Now, as...
Russia Patches Up Space Program.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/9/2003; 700+ words ; ...illustrated these hard times as well as Russia's role in the rocky beginnings of the...Station. The U.S. thought bringing Russia into the project would save it $2 billion; instead Russia cost the effort $3 billion. Now, as...
Russia's Geography and Climate: John Etty examines how far history has been moulded by environment.(Talking Points)
Magazine article from: History Review; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...geography. Writers, it seems, believe Russia's physical environment is either so...possible to overstate the impact that Russia's geography has had on its history...coincidences. Nevertheless, the nature of Russia's physical environment has undoubtedly...
Russia the not-so-great.(Russian political wrangling)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/20/1996; 700+ words ; ...to show that, for all its woes, Russia is still a world-class power. At stake is more than presidential pride. Russia's Communists, whose candidate is...election, accuse the West of humiliating Russia, and Mr Yeltsin of letting it happen...