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	Encyclopedia: Russian Far East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Russian Far East (Russian: Д́альний Вост́ок Росс́ии; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) is an informal term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme south-east parts of Russia, between Siberian Federal District and the Pacific Ocean.
		The Russian Far East basically corresponds to the territories of Amur Oblast, Chukotka, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Koryakia, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, and Sakhalin Oblast.
		Russian Manchuria is a part of the Manchu empire acquired by Russia at the treaties of Aigun (1858) and Peking (1860), during the period of 19th century European colonialism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Russian-Far-East (843 words)

	AllRefer.com - Russian Far East (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 2000 the region was made one of seven Russian administrative districts; Khabarovsk is the district administrative center.
		The Russian Far East is bounded on the NW by the Taymyr and Evenki Autonomous areas, on the N by the East Siberian Sea, on the NE by the Bering Sea, on the SE by the Sea of Japan, on the S by China (Manchuria), and on the SW by the Yablonovy Mts.
		Arctic tundra covers the far north of the region, and forest taiga occupies the central section.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RussFarE.html (350 words)

	Russian Far East on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1856-57 the Russians took advantage of a weak Chinese empire to occupy all of the territory N of the Amur, and in 1860 they seized the land E of the Ussuri; the People's Republic of China has denounced the "unequal treaties" by which Russia sought to legitimize these conquests.
		Acute tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia heilongjiangensis in Russian Far East.(Research)
		The Neolithization of Siberia and the Russian Far East: radiocarbon evidence.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/RussF1arE1.asp (1539 words)

	Russian Far East. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 2000 the area was made one of seven Russian administrative federal districts; Khabarovsk is the district administrative center.
		Russian colonization of the area began in the late 16th cent., when Cossacks built forts and settlements; Russian fur traders arrived soon afterward.
		In 1856–57 the Russians took advantage of a weak Chinese empire to occupy all of the territory N of the Amur, and in 1860 they seized the land E of the Ussuri; the People’s Republic of China has denounced the “unequal treaties” by which Russia sought to legitimize these conquests.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ru/RussFarE.html (787 words)

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