Article: Kislovodsk

Encyclopedia entry: Kabardino-Balkar Republic
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      555 words ... ... constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 760,000), c.4,800 sq mi (12,400 sq km), SE European Russia, in the northern part of the Caucasus Mts. Nalchik is the capital. The area is a largely unsettled, roadless mountain wilderness ...

Article: Bird Flu may spread throughout European Russia.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  November 21, 2005 ;     399 words ...Bird Flu may spread throughout European Russia Moscow, Nov 21 (PTI) Avian influenza could spread throughout European ... likely to result in the spread of pathogenic viruses of flu throughout European Russia," Onishchenko said.

Article: Bad weather causes outages in central European ...
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  November 23, 2008 ;     381 words ...Bad weather causes outages in central European Russia MOSCOW. Nov 23 (Interfax) - About 22,000 people in the central part of European Russia were left without electricity on Sunday because of stormy winds and snow sticking to transmission lines ...

Article: Rospotrebnadzor predicts spring bird flu outbreaks in Siberia, ...
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  March 14, 2007 ;     379 words ... ... Rospotrebnadzor predicts spring bird flu outbreaks in Siberia, European Russia MOSCOW. March 14 (Interfax) - Russian chief sanitary ... believes that bird flu outbreaks are possible in Siberia and European Russia after the return of migrating birds. According to the forecast ...

Article: Genetically distinct Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus found ...
Virus Weekly;  March 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ...2003 MAR 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus found in European Russia is genetically distinct from other viral strains In a recent study from Russia, "genetic analysis of wild-type Crimean ...

Article: Emergencies ministry warns bird flu could spread to ...
AP Worldstream;  August 3, 2005 ;     368 words ... ... of the country. The Russian ministry said in a statement that there was "growing danger" that bird flu could spread to European Russia when migratory birds that summer in Siberia move to the Caspian and Black Sea regions in autumn. Authorities have identified ...

Encyclopedia entry: Georgian Military Road
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      367 words ...Georgian Military Road highway, SE European Russia and Georgia. It is c.135 mi (220 km) long and crosses the Greater Caucasus Mts. Starting from its northern terminus at Vladikavkaz , the road winds upward through the Daryal gorge. Skirting ...