There is a whole Russian town – Barentsburg – on Svalbard, not far from Longyearbyen.Russia maintains coal mines on the island. About a thousand Russians and Ukrainians currently live there (population statistics over 1990-98).
Central bank hub The BIS facilitates dialogue, collaboration and information-sharing among central banks and other authorities that are …
The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division II, will hear oral arguments outside of its regular Tacoma courtroom during a community visit to …
Russian America (Russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name of the Russian colonial possessions in North America from 1733 to 1867. Its capital was Novo-Archangelsk (New Archangel), which is now Sitka, Alaska, USA.
Multimillion Dollar Fines & Settlements Paid by Corporations. corporations with names beginning A through F
Population statistics in maps and charts for federal districts, regions (oblasts), republics, districts, cities and urban settlements of Russia.
The Stalinists did not leave even one of the old Lithuanian or at least Baltic names here despite a common border with the Soviet Republic of Lithuania. The Russians acted as if they had discovered an uninhabited land, one without a history, which, therefore, could be named after its “discoverers.”
Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс), originally Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, tr. Krepostʹ Ross), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California, in the United States.
Russian America (Russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name of the Russian colonial possessions in North America from 1733 to 1867. Its capital was Novo-Archangelsk (New Archangel), which is now Sitka, Alaska, USA.
The BIS Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. For decades, people have urged me, pushed me, prodded me, practically peeled off my skin, pulled out my eyes, and yanked out my brain to prove it, i.e. show them the data, the results, the books, manuals, pamphlets, journals, monographs, voice and video recordings, all the resources I have used to
