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''[[Russia Genealogy|Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Russia Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]'' | |||
The Russian Federation stretches across much of the north of the supercontinent of Eurasia. Although it contains a large share of the world's Arctic and sub-Arctic areas, and therefore has less population, economic activity, and physical variety per unit area than most countries, the great area south of these still accommodates a great variety of landscapes and climates. The mid-annual temperature is +5.5°C (42°F). | The Russian Federation stretches across much of the north of the supercontinent of Eurasia. Although it contains a large share of the world's Arctic and sub-Arctic areas, and therefore has less population, economic activity, and physical variety per unit area than most countries, the great area south of these still accommodates a great variety of landscapes and climates. The mid-annual temperature is +5.5°C (42°F). | ||
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== Geographic Terminology == | == Geographic Terminology == | ||
Small localities like villages belong to larger administrative units or jurisdictions, which in turn belong to other larger jurisdictions. Among other things, gazetteers generally identify such jurisdictions and help us to localize places and often to distinguish between places with the same name. Following are some terms that are used for jurisdictions in Russia for both the times before and after the Revolution. | |||
'''Imperial Russia terms'''<br>Province ― Губерния (Guberniya)<br>County ―Уездь (Uyezd)<br>District (civil) ― Волост (Volost)<br>District (police) ― Cтaн (Stan)<br>City ― Город (Gorod)<br>Village with church ― Село (Selo)<br>Village without church ― Деревне (Derevne)<br>Place ― Место (Mesto)<br> | '''Imperial Russia terms'''<br>Province ― Губерния (Guberniya)<br>County ―Уездь (Uyezd)<br>District (civil) ― Волост (Volost)<br>District (police) ― Cтaн (Stan)<br>City ― Город (Gorod)<br>Village with church ― Село (Selo)<br>Village without church ― Деревне (Derevne)<br>Place ― Место (Mesto)<br> | ||
<br>'''Soviet Union & Russian Federation terms'''<br>Province ― Област (Oblast)<br> | <br>'''Soviet Union & Russian Federation terms'''<br>Province ― Област (Oblast)<br>Region ― Район (Raion)<br>City ― Город (Gorod)<br>Village ― Деревне (Derevne)<br>Place ― Место (Mesto)<br> | ||
== Border Changes == | == Border Changes == | ||
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''Vyborg/Finland''<br>--1939-->Russia | ''Vyborg/Finland''<br>--1939-->Russia | ||
== Commonwealth of Independent States. == | |||
'''CIS''' = Commonwealth of Independent States. It is a union of twelve of the independent states that formerly were republics in the Soviet Union. The Baltic States are not part of this union. (The union does not function particularly well.) | |||
'''''Republics of the Soviet Union''''' | |||
1. Russia (Russian Federation = Republic)<br>2. Belorussia<br>3. Ukraine<br>4. Moldova<br> | |||
''Baltic States:''<br>5. Estonia<br>6. Latvia<br>7. Lithuania<br> | |||
''Caucasus:''<br>8. Georgia (Gruziya)<br>9. Armenia<br>10. Azerbaijan<br> | |||
''Central Asia:''<br>11. Kazakhstan<br>12. Kyrgystan<br>13. Tajikistan<br>14. Turkmenistan<br>15. Uzbekistan<br> | |||
{{Place|Russia}} | |||
[[ru:Россия Историческая география]] | |||
[[Category:Russia]] | [[Category:Russia]] | ||