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Donbas

(Encyclopedia)Donbas, industrial region, Ukraine and Russia: see Donets Basin. ...

Tyva

(Encyclopedia)Tyva or Tyva Republic, Russia: see Tuva Republic. ...

Valama

(Encyclopedia)Valama or Valamo, island, Russia: see Ladoga, Lake. ...

Yakut Republic

(Encyclopedia)Yakut Republic or Yakutia: see Sakha Republic, Russia. ...

Chukotsk

(Encyclopedia)Chukotsk and Chukotka Autonomous Area: see Chukchi Peninsula, Russia. ...

Triple Alliance and Triple Entente

(Encyclopedia)Triple Alliance and Triple Entente äntäntˈ [key], two international combinations of states that dominated the diplomatic history of Western Europe from 1882 until they came into armed conflict in W...

Crimea

(Encyclopedia)Crimea krīmēˈə [key], Rus. and Ukr. Krym, peninsula and republic (1991 est. pop. 2,363,000), c.10,000 sq mi (25,900 sq km), SE Europe, linked with the mainland by the Perekop Isthmus. The peninsul...

Oirat Autonomous Oblast

(Encyclopedia)Oirat Autonomous Oblast or Oirot Autonomous Oblast: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...

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