Udmurtiya, republic in west-central Russia. It lies partly in the basin of the middle Kama River, which flows along part of its southeastern boundary. The larger part of Udmurtiya lies in the drainage area of the Cheptsa and Kilmez rivers, which are trib
However, the factual history of the country is no less compelling than its fabulous history, and even a brief introduction to the great and not-so-great figures of its past make a visit far more rewarding. Ancient Russia | The Mongols & the Emergence of Moscow | The Romanovs | Napoleon'...
Article History Russian: Volga Ancient (Greek): Ra or (Tatar): Itil or Etil See all related content Volga River,riverofEurope, the continent’s longest, and the principal waterway of westernRussiaand the historiccradleof the Russian state. Its basin, sprawling across about two-fifths of the...
Culture Name Russian Orientation Identification. "Rus" may derive from the name of a tribe that gained political ascendancy in Kiev and other Slavic towns and lent its name to the language, culture, and state. Some scholars believe this to have been a Varangian (Viking) clan from ...
“Popular culture” ‐ enjoyed a tortuous history because of ways in which intellectual elites continue to co‐opt itBolshevik Revolution and rise of fascism in 1920sbreakthrough with Jeffrey Brooks's When Russia Learned to Read ‐ Literacy and Popular Literature...
Though some traces of richer Slavic past are left, the facts have been buried, seemingly purposefully, under centuries of Orthodox culture. Rich in upheavals, the history of this country was somewhat rewritten by every new power. So, the subject is vague and complicated. Here are just a few...
While there were decades when the captive narrative never appeared in Russia, there is a correspondence to the periods of Russia's violent engagement in the Caucasus region and the return of the captive to popular culture. Grant ... MP Romaniello - 《Journal of World History》 被引量: 10发...
Local ethnic people and culture became a part of her life when she traveled around the island with her husband, whom she met in Hainan. "We ventured into the heart of Hainan, encountering various communities. It was then that I first encountered the Li people," she recalled. ...
Russian and Soviet Cartography: A Concise History This chapter proposes several maps, methods,individuals and organisations which have contributed most significantly to the development of Russian cartograp... M Davis 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 A Concise History of Russia || Soviet Culture This chapter ...
Mordoviya, republic in Russia, situated in the middle Volga River basin. The capital is Saransk. Mordoviya occupies a gently rolling plain crossed by the broad, shallow, often swampy valley of the Moksha River in the west and the Sura, a direct tributary