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Kanin

(Encyclopedia)Kanin käˈnyĭn [key], peninsula, N European Russia, projecting into the Barents Sea between the White Sea (in the west) and Chesha (Cheshskaya) Bay (in the east). Its northernmost cape is called Kan...

Katun

(Encyclopedia)Katun kəto͞onˈ [key], river, c.415 mi (670 km) long, Altai Territory, S Siberian Russia. It rises in the Katun Alps and flows generally north to join the Biya, with which it forms the Ob River. The...

Hoffmann, Max

(Encyclopedia)Hoffmann, Max, 1869–1927, German general in World War I. A brilliant strategist, he contributed to the German victory over the Russians at Tannenberg and in 1916 became chief of staff of the eastern...

Chesha Bay

(Encyclopedia)Chesha Bay chĕˈshə [key], Rus. Cheshskaya Guba, inlet of the Barents Sea, 84 mi (135 km) wide and 62 mi (100 km) long, Nenets Autonomous Area, N central European Russia. It receives the Chesha, Viz...

Feodor II

(Encyclopedia)Feodor II, 1589–1605, czar of Russia (1605). He succeeded his father, Boris Godunov, but was assassinated when the first false Dmitri was proclaimed czar. ...

Tobol

(Encyclopedia)Tobol təbôlˈ [key], river, c.1,050 mi (1,690 km) long, rising in the Mugodzhar Hills, NE Kazakhstan. It flows NE past Qostanay, into Russia, and past Kurgan to join the Irtysh River at Tobolsk. It ...

Novomoskovsk

(Encyclopedia)Novomoskovsk nôˌvəməskôfskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 146,000), W central European Russia. An industrial center in the Moscow lignite basin, it has lignite mines and chemical plants. Founded in 193...

Berezniki

(Encyclopedia)Berezniki bĭryĕznyĭkēˈ [key], city, E European Russia, a port on the Kama River. Situated in an ...

Verkhoyansk Range

(Encyclopedia)Verkhoyansk Range, mountain chain, c.600 mi (970 km) long, E Siberian Russia, in the Sakha Republic. It forms a vast arc along the Lena and Aldan rivers and rises to c.8,150 ft (2,480 m) in the south....

Karelia

(Encyclopedia)Karelia kərēˈlēə [key], constituent republic (1990 pop. 800,000), 66,409 sq mi (172,300 sq km), NW European Russia, extending from the Finnish border in the west to the White Sea in the east and ...