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(Encyclopedia) Slavophiles and Westernizers, designation for two groups of intellectuals in mid-19th-century Russia that represented opposing schools of thought concerning the nature of Russian civilization. The dif...

(Encyclopedia) Ulyanovsk o͞olyäˈnəfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 625,000), capital of Ulyanovsk region, W central European Russia, a port on the Volga and Svigaya rivers. It is a major rail and water transport cente...

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

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

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

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

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

(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...

(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...

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