City

• Astrakhan

  A city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River.

• Cherepovets

  A city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow.

• Grozny

  The capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields.

• Kaluga

  A city of central Russia to the south of Moscow.

• Kursk

  A city of southwestern Russia.

• Nizhnyi Novgorod

  An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky.

• Kazan

  An industrial city in the European part of Russia.

• St. Petersburg

  A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head...

• Murmansk

  A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north...

• Nalchik

  A city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center...

• Novgorod

  A city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important...

• Perm

  A city in the European part of Russia.

• Rostov

  A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia.

• Saratov

  An industrial city in the European part of Russia.

• Smolensk

  A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War I...

• Ufa

  A city in the European part of Russia.

• Volgograd

  A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War...

• Novosibirsk

  A city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia.

• Chelyabinsk

  A city in the Asian part of Russia.

• Omsk

  A city in the Asian part of Russia.

• Vladivostok

  A seaport in the Asian part of Russia.

River

• Amur

  An Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk.

• Dnieper

  A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine...

• Don

  A European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov.

• Neva

  A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.

• Vetluga

  A river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga.

• Volga

  A Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea.

• Volkhov

  A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga.

Geographical Area

• Siberia

  A vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters.

• Karelia

  A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea.

• Chechnya

  An autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering...

• European Russia

  The part of Russia that is part of Europe.

Lake

• Lake Ilmen

  A lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga.

• Lake Ladoga

  A lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe;...

• Lake Onega

  Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Eur...

Chain

• Tien Shan

  A major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles.

• Urals

  A mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part...

Also contains

• Khabarovsk

  An administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia.

• Asian Russia

  The Russia that is part of Asia.

• Novaya Zemlya

  Two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear...

• Kola Peninsula

  A peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and...

• Moscow

  A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia;...

• Foreign Intelligence Service

  Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering...