Trans-Siberian Highway — The Trans Siberian Highway is the unofficial name for a network of federal highways that span the width of Russia from the Baltic Sea of the Atlantic Ocean to the Japan Sea of the Pacific Ocean. In the Asian Highway Network, the route is known as … Wikipedia
List of roads and highways — List of articles related to roads and highways around the world.International/World* Asian Highway Network * Alaska Highway * European route * Pan American Highway * Trans African Highway network * Interoceanic Highway Australia * Highways in… … Wikipedia
Kolyma Highway — The M56 Kolyma Highway ( ru. Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», Federal Automobile Highway Kolyma ), also known as the Road of Bones, is a road through Russian Far East. It connects Magadan and Yakutsk – actually, Nizhny Bestyakh on the… … Wikipedia
Siberian Route — The Siberian Route ( ru. Sibirsky trakt , Сибирский тракт), also known as the Moscow Route ( ru. Moskovsky trakt , Московский тракт) and Great Route ( ru. Bolshoi trakt , Большой тракт), was a historic route that connected European Russia to… … Wikipedia
Katorga — (каторга, from medieval Greek: katergon, κάτεργον galley) was the precursor to the Gulag system. It was a system of penal servitude of the prison farm type in Imperial Russia. Prisoners were sent to remote camps in vast uninhabited areas of… … Wikipedia
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
China — This article is about the People s Republic of China. For the state commonly known as Taiwan, see the Republic of China. For other uses, see China (disambiguation). PRC redirects here. For other uses, see PRC (disambiguation). People … Wikipedia
