russia ocupied the north of caucasus about 1850-1870
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Yes.  Even earlier. Napolean's men frooze there on its way to Moscow.  The people burned their crops and starved rather than feed the enemy.
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Copied from the referenced website:\n\nThe Caucasus Mixed Forests are located at a biogeographical crossroads where flora and fauna of at least three biogeographic provinces converge. Mount Elbrus, Europe’s highest point at 5,642 m a.s.l. Speciation level is high; accordingly, the Caucasus forests have one of the highest levels of endemism in the temperate world. 23 percent of vascular plants and 10 percent of vertebrate are endemic to the region. Landscape and habitat diversity favors high species richness as well-- about 5,000 vascular and 7,000 lower plants (including high mountains), and 700 vertebrate animals are found in this ecoregion (Georgia 1996, Azerbaijan 1998, Armenia 1999). \n\nCharacteristic mammals include the East and West Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis and Capra caucasica), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Caucasian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), wild goat (Capra aegagrus), mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelini), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and the critically endangered Caucasus leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica). Unsustainable forest use, including poor management and illegal cutting in combination with uncontrolled timber export, represent chief threats for these forest ecosystems.
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Politics.  Russia is not cooperating, despite efforts by the US to be conciliatory. He is therefore showing them that if they don't cooperate, he can cause problems for them too.  It is NOT ideology: after slamming Russia he went to Kazakhstan, where the political situation is worse than Russia, and was very friendly, mostly because Kazakhstan has oil, is in Central Asia (the US lost its base in Kazakhstan's neighbor Uzbekistan and  may lose its base in another neighbor Kyrgyzstan).  All of these Central Asian states are near Afghanistan and Iran.
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It is in CIS (Commonwealth of Indepedent States) which includes:\nRussia \nBelarus\nUkraine\nGeorgia\nMoldova\nArmenia\nAzerbaijan\nKazkhstan\nKyrgyzstan\nTajikistan\nUzbekistan\nTurkmenistan
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The North in the late 1850s had a highly developed (for the time) industrial economy.  The Southern states were primarily agrarian in makeup; they looked to the North for manufactured products of all kinds; the only large-scale industrial concern in the South at the time was the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.\nMany historians think that the beginning of the end in 1859-60 was the inability to find a way to resolve the Missouri Compromise.  Keep in mind that "slavery" per se was not the issue; it was one of self-determination and states' rights.  The Compromise dictated that any new states north of Missouri would be free, while any south of Missouri could allow slavery.  When Kansas was admitted as a free state, Southerners were enraged.  Continuing agitation in the north to end slavery in the south also contributed to the general discontent in the south.  The presidential election of 1860 came down to the difference in the northern and southern concepts of states' rights.  Slavery did not become an important issue in the war until about halfway through it.  President Lincoln's primary desire was always to preserve the Union, not (at the start) to do away with slavery.
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Chief prince (Rosh) Russia\nGog, nations north and east of Israel.\nMagog, lands and nations of Gog.
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the stuff below the line was my initial answer.  Yes, they do - at least they have Postal/Telegraph/Telephone centers (common in that part of the world).\nhttp://www.yellowpages.ru/rus/nd18622/qu5/ru15823\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIt's not clear if the site (hyperlink below) is only about Yoshkar-Ola or not, but as I read it, and based on what I've seen in similar-sized cities in Russia - yes.  Partly because of the fact that in the old days not everyone had phones in their homes.\n\nHope this helps.
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when Moldavia will build up good relationship with ukrain and russia.
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The 60°N line runs through southern Alaska. All the other states are well south of that line.
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Northeast Eurasia... Russia, China, Mongolia, Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Kazakhstan...
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It was a land bridge over the Bering straits, they traveled down the west coast and spread out from there.\nGreat Question, there is also speculation some Egyptians, sailed to the east coast, we have even seen signs of people from king Davids reign settled in the south, New Mexico.
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Translyvania is now in modern day Romania :)
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In the Verkhoyansk Mountains of northeast Siberia, Eveny nomads are on \nthe move*. Teams of reindeer pull caravans of sledges down the steep slide \nof a frozen mountain river. Bells tinkle on the lead reindeer while dogs on \nshort leashes dive closely alongside through the snow like dolphins beside a \nboat. One man sits on the lead sledge of each caravan, his right foot \nstretched out in front of him and his left foot resting on the runner ready to \nfend off hidden rocks and snagging roots. Passengers or cargo sit on the \nsledges behind. The passage of each caravan is visible from afar by a cloud \nof frozen reindeer breath.\nThis is the coldest inhabited place on earth, with winter \ntemperatures falling to −96°F (−71°C). The ice is a condition of the water for \neight months of the year and by January it is 6 feet thick.
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the Plains of European Russia, the West Siberian \nPlains, the Central Siberian Plateau and Mountains and \nUplands.\n\nThe Plains of European Russia form a part of the Central \nEuropean plains and extend from the Arctic Ocean in the \nnorth to the Black Sea. These fertile plains are drained by \nseveral rivers of which Volga is the most important. It \nfalls into the Caspian Sea.\n\nThe West Siberian plains are lowlands between the Urals on \nthe west and the Yenisey on the east. They gently slope \ntowards the Arctic Ocean in the north .\n\nThe Central Siberian Plateau lies between the river Yenisey \nin the west and river Lena in the east. Deeply eroded by \nrivers it rises to a height of 500 metres.\n\nTo the east of the river Lena are the rugged mountains of \nEastern Siberia.These include the Kamchatka region of \nearthquakes and volcanic activities .The Caucasus mountains \nrun between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south \nwestern region .Mt Elbrus , with a height of 5,633 \nmetres ,is the highest mountain peak in Russia .\n\n\n=]
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There is no USSR. Are you referring to Russia?
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It's capital was Moscow, as is that of the current Russian Federation.  Moscow is west of the Urals, so is considered to be in Europe.   Russia has always been considered a European founded nation state that expanded into Asia, so I would say both Russia and the former USSR belong to Europe.
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moving west too new territories caused more tension between the the north and the south. the reason for this was what would the new states look like slave or free/\n\nthe mexican/american war of 1845\npresident polk election of 1848 54 40 or fight