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Pravoberezhny District
Pravoberezhny District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "located on the right bank". Districts of the federal subjects *Pravoberezhny District, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, an administrative and municipal district of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania City divisions * Pravoberezhny City District, Bratsk, a city district of Bratsk, a city in Irkutsk Oblast * Pravoberezhny Territorial Okrug, a city okrug of Lipetsk, the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast * Pravoberezhny City District, Magnitogorsk, a city district of Magnitogorsk, a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ... See also * Pravoberezhny (other) References {{SIA, Russian districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravoberezhny District, Republic Of North Ossetia–Alania
Pravoberezhny (masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (neuter) may refer to: * Pravoberezhny District, several districts and city districts in Russia *Pravoberezhny Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Nevsky District Nevsky District (russian: Не́вский райо́н) is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, district of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the Russian Census (2010), 20 ... in the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia * Pravoberezhny (rural locality) (''Pravoberezhnaya'', ''Pravoberezhnoye''), several rural localities in Russia *Pravoberezhnaya Line, alternative name of Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, Saint Petersburg, Russia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of North Ossetia–Alania
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, the term was used to imply a state with a democratic or representative constitution (constitutional republic), but more recently it has also been used of autocratic or dictatorial states not ruled by a monarch. It is now chiefly used to denote any non-monarchical state headed by an elected or appointed president. , 159 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word "republic" as part of their official names. Not all of these are republics in the sense of having elected governments, nor is the word "republic" used in the names of all states with elected governments. The word ''republic'' comes from the Latin term ''res publica'', which literally means "public thing", "public matter", or "public affair" and was used to refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravoberezhny City District, Bratsk
Pravoberezhny (masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (neuter) may refer to: *Pravoberezhny District, several districts and city districts in Russia *Pravoberezhny Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Nevsky District in the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia *Pravoberezhny (rural locality) Pravoberezhny (russian: Правобере́жный; masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (; feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (; neuter) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Pravoberezhny, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in Novocherkassky Selso ... (''Pravoberezhnaya'', ''Pravoberezhnoye''), several rural localities in Russia *Pravoberezhnaya Line, alternative name of Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, Saint Petersburg, Russia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratsk
Bratsk ( rus, Братск, p=bratsk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Etymology The name sounds like the Russian word for "brother" ("", ''brat''), and derives from the phrase 'bratskiye lyudi', literally ''brotherly people''. History The first Europeans in the area arrived in 1623, intending to collect taxes from the local Buryats, Buryat population. Permanent settlement began with the construction of an ''ostrog (fortress), ostrog'' (fortress) in 1631 at the junction of the Oka River (Siberia), Oka and Angara River, Angara rivers. Several wooden towers from the 17th-century fort are now exhibited in Kolomenskoye Estate of Moscow. During World War II, there was an increase in industrial activity in Siberia, as Soviet industry was moved to the lands east of the Ural Mountains. After the war's end, development slowed as resources were required in the rebuilding of European Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. It borders the Republic of Buryatia and the Tuva Republic in the south and southwest, which separate it from Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia; Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west; the Sakha Republic in the northeast; and Zabaykalsky Krai in the east. It had a population of 2,428,750 at the 2010 Census. Geography Irkutsk Oblast borders with the Republic of Buryatia and the Tuva Republic in the south and southwest, with Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west, with the Sakha Republic in the northeast, and with Zabaykalsky Krai in the east. The unique and world-famous Lake Baikal is located in the southeast of the region. It is drained by the Angara, which flows north across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravoberezhny Territorial Okrug
Pravoberezhny (masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (neuter) may refer to: *Pravoberezhny District, several districts and city districts in Russia *Pravoberezhny Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Nevsky District in the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia *Pravoberezhny (rural locality) Pravoberezhny (russian: Правобере́жный; masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (; feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (; neuter) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Pravoberezhny, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in Novocherkassky Selso ... (''Pravoberezhnaya'', ''Pravoberezhnoye''), several rural localities in Russia *Pravoberezhnaya Line, alternative name of Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, Saint Petersburg, Russia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipetsk
Lipetsk ( rus, links=no, Липецк, p=ˈlʲipʲɪtsk), also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow. Population: History Lipetsk was first mentioned in the 13th century chronicles. The name means " Linden city" and is cognate with Leipzig and Liepāja. In 1284, the city was destroyed by the Mongols. The foundation of the modern city dates back to 1703,Charter of Lipetsk, Article 1 when Peter the Great ordered construction of a cast iron factory in Lipetsk near the iron ore deposits for making artillery shells. On September 27, 1779, Lipetsk was granted town status. It became one of the principal towns of Tambov Governorate. In 1879, Lipetsk hosted a congress of members of Land and Liberty. After the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) until 1933, the much-reduced German Army (''Reichswehr'') of the Weimar Republic secretly contracted with S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipetsk Oblast
Lipetsk Oblast (russian: Липецкая область, Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,173,513. Geography Lipetsk Oblast borders with Ryazan Oblast (NE), Tambov Oblast (E), Voronezh Oblast (S), Kursk Oblast (SW), Oryol Oblast (W), and Tula Oblast (NW). History According to archaeologists and historians, the territory of the modern Lipetsk Oblast has been inhabited since ancient times. Even before the arrival of the Mongol-Tatar troops, the area had the following settlements: of Elec, Dobrinskaya (now the village of Good) Oaklet (now the village Oaks) (Dankovsky District), Old Fort (Bogorodskoye Dankovsky district) Vorgol (destroyed), Onuza (destroyed), Voronozh (destroyed), Lipetsk (destroyed) and others. During the Mongol invasion of Rus', many fortified cities were destroyed. At the beginning of the period belonged to the disintegration of the Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravoberezhny City District, Magnitogorsk
Pravoberezhny (masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (neuter) may refer to: *Pravoberezhny District, several districts and city districts in Russia *Pravoberezhny Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Nevsky District in the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia *Pravoberezhny (rural locality) Pravoberezhny (russian: Правобере́жный; masculine), Pravoberezhnaya (; feminine), or Pravoberezhnoye (; neuter) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Pravoberezhny, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in Novocherkassky Selso ... (''Pravoberezhnaya'', ''Pravoberezhnoye''), several rural localities in Russia *Pravoberezhnaya Line, alternative name of Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, Saint Petersburg, Russia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population is It was named after Mount Magnitnaya, a geological anomaly that once consisted almost completely of iron ore, around 55% to 60% iron. It is the second-largest city in Russia that is not the administrative centre of any federal subject or district. Magnitogorsk contains the largest iron and steel works in the country: Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The official motto of the city is "the place where Europe and Asia meet", as the city occupies land in both Europe and Asia. Magnitogorsk is one of only two planned socialist realist settlements ever built (the other being Nowa Huta in Poland). History Foundation Magnitogorsk was founded in 1743 as part of the Orenburg Line of forts built during the reign of the Empress Elizabeth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk. Its population is 3,476,217. ( 2010 Census). History During the Middle Ages, Bashkir tribes inhabited the Southern Urals; they formed part of the Golden Horde, Nogai Horde, and smaller Bashkir unions. The Tsardom of Russia incorporated the area in the late 16th century. However, Russian colonization of the region only began in the 18th century, with the establishment of a system of fortresses and trade posts on the then-Russian border by the in 1734. Many cities of Chelyabinsk Oblast, including the city of Chelyabinsk itself, trace their history back to those forts. In 1743 the Chelyabinsk fortress became a center of the , a constituent part of the Orenburg Governorate (a direct successor of the Orenburg Expedition). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
