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  Central Europe
East of the Don is the Volga, which flows into the Caspian Sea at Astrakhan.
In 1242, Sarai on the Volga was made the capital of the Blue horde.
They were replaced by the Patzinaks or Pechenegs, who had been expelled from their homeland between the Volga, Don and Urals by the Uzes and Khazars.
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 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter42)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The khan of the Ogors was slain with three hundred thousand of his subjects, and their bodies were scattered over the space of four days’ journey: their surviving countrymen acknowledged the strength and mercy of the Turks; and a small portion, about twenty thousand warriors, preferred exile to servitude.
They followed the well-known road of the Volga, cherished the error of the nations who confounded them with the Avars, and spread the terror of that false though famous appellation, which had not, however, saved its lawful proprietors from the yoke of the Turks.
The immense distance which eluded their arms could not extinguish their resentment: the Turkish ambassadors pursued the footsteps of the vanquished to the Jaik, the Volga, Mount Caucasus, the Euxine and Constantinople, and at length appeared before the successor of Constantine, to request that he would not espouse the cause of rebels and fugitives.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter42.html   (18925 words)

  
 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
He had taken a vow before his men that he would bath in the waters of the Mediterranean; the time was right to fulfill that vow.
The Sultan and various emirs recruited boys from southern Russia--the Kipchak Turks of the lower Volga River was a favorite source.
The boys were slaves, but they were brought up in the Faith and their lives were devoted to military instruction.
the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/islam.html   (6267 words)

  
 Meanings of asteroid names (1001-1500) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1929 PF Volga River, Russia [H] 1150 Achaia
1933 WC Kazan, Russia, on the Volga [H] 1317 Silvretta
1935 QD Kama River, tributary to the Volga, east of Kasan [H] 1388 Aphrodite
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 International Institute for Strategic Studies - The Economy of Northwest Russia:
As is well known, in accordance with Presidential Decree No 849 of 13 May 2000, on the Russian Federation’s presidential plenipotentiaries in the federal districts, and Decree No 1149 of 21 June 2000 on he activities of the president’s plenipotentiaries in he federal district, seven new administrative-territorial units, named Federal Districts, were set up:
The aim of the new federal district structure, as laid out in Presidential Decree 849, was to ensure that the President of the Russian Federation could carry out his constitutional plenary powers.
The Central Federal District comprises 18 regions, the Northwest 11, the North Caucasus 13, the Volga 15, the Urals 6, Siberia 16 and the Far East 10.
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 DX LISTENING DIGEST 2002 ARCHIVE
In the 8th and 9th centuries, the tribes of ancient Bulgars, ancestors of the modern Tatars, began to populate the Volga region.
The Republic of Tatarstan is located on the eastern frontier of Europe in the middle of the Volga-Basin at the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers.
The territory of the Republic is a plain, which lies in forest and forest-steppe zone with small hills on the right bank of the Volga and in the southeast of the Republic.
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 Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
the Volga Bulgars), Kursk, Ladoga, the Moscow Patriarchate, Murom, Muscovy, Nizhny-Novgorod, Novgorod (the Great), Pskov, Riazan (new), Riazan (old), Rostov, Rostov-Borissoglebsk, Rostov-Ustretensk, Russia (a general survey), Smolensk, Suzdal, Tver, Viatka, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl.
A town in the delta of the Don River, a short distance from the eastern end of the Sea of Azov, and about 15 miles (25 km.) southwest of Rostov.
Modern Nizhegorod, near the confluence of the Volga and Oka.
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 Update for (1149) Volga - July 16/17, 2003
IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (1149) Volga / TYC 0543-00599-1 = PPM 172161 on July 16/17, 2003 visible N Morocco and Newfoundland, N Quebec in Canada Summary
In the night of July 16/17, 2003 a bright 9.6 mag star TYC 0543-00599-1 = PPM 172161 will be occulted by a 57 km asteroid (1149) Volga.
Data for the minor planet: * general information: number, name: (1149) Volga approx.
sorry.vse.cz /~ludek/mp/updates/2003/0717vol.html   (316 words)

  
 Iranica.com - ARCHEOLOGY
To this end he assigned the Englishman John Elton (q.v.) to establish a shipyard in Anzal^ and granted him the title Jama@l Beg.
Elton, who had already built two ships at Qa@za@n on the river Volga, was ordered by the shah to survey the eastern shores of the Caspian.
Jama@l Beg succeeded to build a vessel with the capacity for twenty canons, which was reportedly superior to the Russian ships in the Caspian (Rabino, 1917, pp.
www.iranica.com /articles/v10f6/v10f633f.html   (2288 words)

  
 Best Buys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Moscow, the capital of Russia, is situated between the banks of the rivers Oka and Volga.
It was here that the Russian crown prince Dmitri was assassinated, which eventually led to Boris Godunov ascending the Russian throne.
Here on the banks of the Volga, you can also find a rich collection of Russian Orthodox architecture which you will get to see as well as the Church of St. Demitrius of the Blood and the Palace of Tsarevich Dmitri.
www.moments-notice.com /river_cruises6.asp   (1411 words)

  
 Europe :: To Russia With Curiosity Part 2: Volga: Riverboat Experience
The village of Svirstroy was a quiet relief after the hustle and bustle of touring St. Petersburg.
A few of us decided to skip the walking tour of Uglich, one of Russia's old cities, founded in 973 according to legends but first written records date back to 1149.
Church of St. Dmitry on the Blood has a cluster of blue domes.
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 Russia.htm
Later, they spread northward to the Volga River valley, west to the northern Dneister and the western Bug rivers.
East Slavs slowly moved into this area and became widespread by 600 CE.
In the 8th century CE, many East Slavic tribes were under the indirect rule of, and paid tribute to, the Khazars of the southern Volga and Caucasus regions.
www.worldcoincatalog.com /C5/Russia/Russia.htm   (829 words)

  
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Moreover, the northeastern territories of the EuropeanEast continued to use their old and proper names, without calling themselvesRuce or parts of Ruce, even immediately after the fall ofthe Kyivan Empire.
It must be underscored here that until the complete collapse of theKyivan state, aside the extension of the name Ruce over theterritories of the Galician-Volhinian state, not even one instance hasbeen known which could have indicated that the term ever referred to anyother lands but the central regions of contemporary Ukraine.
Iziaslavwanted him to stand with the bishops of the Ruce regions and not tosubmit to Constantinople."[25] It is written under the year 1141 in theHipatian Chronicle: "Sviatoslav, fleeing from Novgorod, went toRuce, to his brother," who at that time was in Kyiv.
www.pbs.org /netforum/static/faceofrussia/23.html   (3939 words)

  
 Data: Sallemuendungsgruppe to Szeklers - The Ethnohistory Project
Geographic zone for this gens is continuous with area for record # (388- 37).
From S SU, around lower Volga R, see map 18a (37a); 'Archeologicky Atlas Evropy A Ceskoslovenska'.
From S SU, around lower Volga R, see map 18a (37a); 'Archeologicky Atlas Evropy A Ceskoslovenska' + Russian steppes E of Don R. 389 18 -150 300 N Sarmatians R S & E SU & E R, betw Siret and L Urals, see map 20a (19); 'Archeologicky Atlas Evropy A Ceskoslovenska'.
life.bio.sunysb.edu /ee/msr/Ethno/gendate10.html   (9423 words)

  
 Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Period Russian Names - List of Cities
[Mag 19] Founded before 912 [Che 3], "Bulgar, the capital of the Volga Bulgars, was sacked in" c966.
Gorodets Radilov (Gorodets Radilov na Volge) -- "Radil's village" or "Radil's village on the Volga." Founded in 1172.
Sarai -- Founded by the Mongols in lower Volga.
www.sca.org /heraldry/paul/zcities.html   (2861 words)

  
 Data: 901 AD to 1400 AD - The Ethnohistory Project
Khazars were 'destroyed.' 211 24 965 # N Russians S Kazan at great bend middle Volga R. From Principality of Kiev.
*{900-400}* 900 405 1150 1500 A Cumans T {Area between Ural & Volga RR + L Betw Don & lower Danube RR} + {Tama (Locality is Tmutokoran; see Putzger Atlas p.44) penins., S of Sea of Azov.} *{900-403} + {32-55}* For consistency with (32-55) and (50-6) which has some Kipchaks at Astrachan in 1430.
From area between Ural & Volga RR + Betw Don & lower Danube RR + Tama (Locality is Tmutokoran; see Putzger Atlas p.
life.bio.sunysb.edu /ee/msr/Ethno/dategen10.html   (9090 words)

  
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 Decades History Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Soviet troops halted the German advance on Moscow.
Russian government moved from Moscow to Volga as Nazis closed in on Moscow.
He played guitar and recorded with Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs.
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 The New Volga Boatmen Sing God's Praises
This is only an excerpt from the full story.
The entire article is approximately 1149 words in length.
Click here to proceed to the full story.
www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/1998/11/07/002.html   (149 words)

  
 spacetoday.net: older news articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
NASA gas given a new name to a space science satellite launched last month, the agency announced Wednesday.
Posted: Thu, Mar 21 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
The US needs to revise its export regulations in order to support aerospace business, according to a report by the Aerospace Commission released Wednesday.
www.spacetoday.net /Othernews/787   (371 words)

  
 Church History (Part 2) A.D. 325-1161 :: Library :: Bible Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In this region, along the European border as early as 870 A.D, missions from the Paulicians of the Taurus area had begun to teach their religion to the Bulgarians who had moved from the Volga.
Moving his headquarters to the Albi-Toulouse area, he continued to preach for several more years.
Again, he was cast into prison; and he died there in 1149 A.D. While Peter and Henri were alive, many people were attracted to their preaching.
bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.show/CT/TRANSCRIPT/k/723   (9129 words)

  
 Ukrainian Journal
KIEV, Aug. 3 – Bohdan Corporation, a part of Ukrprominvest Group, will supply the Privolzhsky
(Volga) Federal District of Russia with 12 Isuzu buses (Bohdan A-092) worth more than $490,000.
Ten buses will be sent to Ufa and one bus to Nizhniy Novgorod region and the Republic of Mariy El under this contract, the corporation reported Tuesday.
www.ukrainianjournal.com /index.php?w=article&id=1149   (270 words)

  
 THE CRUSADES/EASTERN EUROPE CA 1100 - 1550
SECOND CRUSADE (1147 - 1149) - ATTEMPTED TO CAPTURE DAMASCUS (SYRIA) SO AS TO BETTER PROTECT THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM BUT ENDED IN FAILURE.
- FOLLOWING EARLIER MONGOL RAIDS, FROM 1237 TO 1241, A MONGOL ARMY UNDER BATU (GRANDSON OF GENGHIS KHAN) CONDUCTED RAIDS THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE AND ESTABLISHED ON THE LOWER VOLGA RIVER A DIVISION OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN HORDE WHICH HAD CONTROL OVER VAST AREAS.
3 - RUSSIAN "MESOPOTAMIA" - LANDS BETWEEN THE VOLGA AND OKA RIVERS WHERE DENSE FOREST OFFERED RELATIVE SECURITY AND PRODUCTIVE SOIL.
www.wpunj.edu /~history/study/ws1/set10a.htm   (2359 words)

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