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ID: 7011548
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Siberia (general region)  Siberia (general region)

Note: Inhabited by Huns, Mongols & Manchus since early historic times; conquered by Cossack Ermak Timofeev 1581; notorious for treacherous winters & as a place of exile; contains notable deposits of gold, coal, diamonds & natural gas.

Names:
Sibir' (preferred,C,V)
Siberia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Sibirïe (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Russia (nation)  ........  Russia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Siberia (general region)  ............  Siberia (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Siberia..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 354
Sibir'..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 859
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 776
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Sibirïe..........  [VP]
.................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 663
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 859
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 776
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 663
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 354
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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