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(Encyclopedia) Anna Ivanovna: see Anna, czarina of Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Koryak Autonomous Area: see Kamchatka, peninsula, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra: see Sergiyev Posad, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gorno-Altai Republic: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ahmed III, 1673–1736, Ottoman sultan (1703–30), brother and successor of Mustafa II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). He gave asylum to Charles XII of Sweden and to Mazepa after Peter ...

(Encyclopedia) Chuvash Republic cho͞oväshˈ [key] or Chuvashia, constituent republic, 7,066 sq mi (18,301 ...

(Encyclopedia) Komi Republic, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,270,000), c.160,000 sq mi (414,400 sq km), NE European Russia. Syktyvkar is the capital. The region is a wooded lowland, stretching across the Pechora ...

(Encyclopedia) kray krī [key] [Rus.,=edge], administrative and territorial unit of Russia. There are nine krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory, Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, ...