Kotorosl River — Kotorosl, or Kotorost River (Которосль) is a right tributary of the Volga in the Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia. The river flows from Lake Nero near Rostov past Karabikha and enters the Volga in Yaroslavl. In the medieval ages, the river was highly… … Wikipedia
Russkoye Ustye — ( ru. Русское Устье; also transcribed Russkoe Ustye) is a village in the Allaikhovsky Ulus of Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the delta of the Indigirka River, some 80 km from the fall ( ustye ) of the rivers westernmost ( Russkoye , i.e … Wikipedia
Indigirka River — Infobox River river name = Indigirka River caption = origin = mouth = East Siberian Sea basin countries = Russia length = 1,726 km elevation = discharge = 1,810 m3/s watershed = 360,400 km²Indigirka River ( ru. Индигирка) is a river in the Sakha… … Wikipedia
Borisoglebsky — ( ru. Борисоглебский, lit. Boris and Gleb ), is an urban type settlement in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located km to mi|16 from Rostov and km to mi|77 south west of Yaroslavl, on the Ustye River. Population: ru census|p2002=5957|p1989=6327|punct=; … Wikipedia
Rivne — Riv·ne (rĭvʹnə, rēwʹnĕ) or Rov·no (rôvʹnə) A city of northwest Ukraine west of Kiev. It was annexed by Russia in 1793 and by Poland in 1921. Population: 244,000. * * * ▪ Ukraine formerly Rovno city, northwestern Ukraine, on the small… … Universalium
Valentin Rasputin — Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin ( ru. Валентин Григорьевич Распутин) (born March 15, 1937) is a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin s works depict rootless urban characters and … Wikipedia
Sakha Republic — Sakha (Yakutia) Republic Республика Саха (Якутия) (Russian) Саха Республиката (Sakha) Republic … Wikipedia
Pomors — or Pomory ( ru. поморы) is the distinctive native name for an ethnic community of an indigenous population of Pomor e (European Russian North), living on the White Sea coasts and the territory whose southern border lies on a watershed which… … Wikipedia
Olaf Swenson — 1915 or earlier Olaf Swenson ( December 16, 1883–August 23, 1938) was a Seattle based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the 20th century. His career intersected with activities of notable explorers of… … Wikipedia
Siberia, Siberia — ( ru. Сибирь, Сибирь...) is a non fiction book by the Russian writer Valentin Rasputin. It was originally published in Russian in 1991 by Molodaya Gvardiya Publishers. The second and third editions appeared in 2000 and 2006; an English… … Wikipedia