12) kray. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...There are six krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory, Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, and Khabarovsk Territory. Historically,...

13) Khakass Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Siberian Russia, in Krasnoyarsk Territory. Abakan (the capital) and Chernogorsk (a coal-mining center) are the major cities. The republic, largely consisting of black-earth...

14) Severnaya Zemlya. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kara and Laptev seas, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N Siberian Russia, off the Taymyr Peninsula. Extending N of lat. 80°N, it is composed of four major islands-October Revolution,...

15) Evenki Autonomous Area. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Siberian Russia, in the Central Siberian Uplands. The village of Tura is the capital. The area occupies the entire central section of Krasnoyarsk Territory and is...

16) Yenisei. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tuva Republic, by the junction of the Bolshoi Yenisei and Maly Yenisei rivers, which rise in the E Sayan Mts. along the Russian-Mongolian border. It flows westward,...

17) Trans-Siberian Railroad. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Siberian Railroad, rail line, linking European Russia with the Pacific coast. Its construction began in 1891, on the initiative of Count S. Y. Witte, and was completed...

18) Siberia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Historically it has had no official standing as a political or territorial division, but it was generally understood to comprise the northern third of Asia, stretching...

19) Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (1995 est. pop. 149,909,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). The country is bounded by Norway and Finland in the northwest;...