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  • Siberia

    Siberia is the name for the northernmost part of Asia. Approximately thirteen million square kilometres in size, it constitutes around forty percent of the continent’s territory. Siberia is bordered ...

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  • North Ossetia

    North Ossetia is a citadel of ancient culture. The Alans, who lived there approximately two thousand years ago, were known to the Ancient Romans. The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg owns treasures ...

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  • Izborsk

    The small village of Izborsk is mentioned in the Tale of Bygone Years or Russian Primary Chronicle. In 862, when the legendary Varangian princes were invited to Rus, Izborsk was ruled by Prince Truvo...

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  • Chelyabinsk Region

    Chelyabinsk Region lies in the centre of the southern Urals. Its main industry is ferrous metallurgy, in which it leads the country. Chelyabinsk Region is also an important centre of tractor producti...

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  • Dagestan

    Dagestan is the third largest republic in the Russian Federation. It is also the most densely populated and multi-national in the Caucasus. It is difficult to find another place where, on such a comp...

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  • Geography of Russia

    Russia is the largest country on earth, covering 17,075,000 square kilometres. Occupying the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia, Russia is washed by the Arctic Ocean on the north an...

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