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Sheksna
(Encyclopedia)Sheksna shĭksnäˈ [key], river, c.100 mi (160 km) long flowing S between Lake Beloye and the Rybinsk Reservoir, NW European Russia. Cherepovets is on the river. The Sheksna forms a link in the Volga...Dubna
(Encyclopedia)Dubna do͞obnŭˈ [key], town (1989 pop. 66,000), Moscow region, central European Russia, near the confluence of the Volga and Dubna rivers. Founded in 1956, it is the seat of the Joint Institute for ...Vytegra
(Encyclopedia)Vytegra vĭˈtyĭgrə [key], river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, rising near Lake Kovzhas, NW European Russia and flowing generally NW into Lake Onega. It is an important part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway. A...Ishimbay
(Encyclopedia)Ishimbay ēshēmbīˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 70,000), Bashkortostan, E European Russia, on the Belaya River. Founded in 1932, Ishimbay developed around the first major oil field of the Volga-Ural regi...Arensky, Anton Stepanovich
(Encyclopedia)Arensky, Anton Stepanovich əntônˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch ärĕnˈskē [key], 1861–1906, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After 1882 he taught at the Mosc...Uglich
(Encyclopedia)Uglich o͞oˈglyĭch [key], city (1989 pop. 40,000), N central European Russia, on the Volga River. Founded in 1148, Uglich became the center of an independent principality in 1218. It joined the gran...Golden Horde, Empire of the
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Khanate of the Golden Horde (c.1300) Golden Horde, Empire of the, Mongol state comprising most of Russia, given as an appanage to Jenghiz Khan's oldest son, Juchi, and actually conquered and f...Syzran
(Encyclopedia)Syzran sĭˈzränyə [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), S central European Russia, on the Volga River near its junction with the Syzran. The city is a major river port and rail center. Manufactures incl...Cherepovets
(Encyclopedia)Cherepovets chĕrĭpəvyĕtsˈ, chĕrĭpôˈvyĭts [key], city (1989 pop. 310,000), NE European Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir. A rail and water transportation center of the Volga-Baltic Waterway, i...Dvina, river, Russia
(Encyclopedia)Dvina dvēnäˈ [key] or Northern Dvina, Rus. Severnaya Dvina, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, N European Russia. It is formed near Veliki Ustyug by the union of the Sukhona and Yug rivers, flows N pas...Browse by Subject
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