Which animal do Nenet people herd?
Russia and Central Asia
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The Russian Federation spans two continents:
Europe and Asia. To its southwest are the
eight independent countries of
Central Asia and Caucasia.
Russia and Central Asia
R u s s i a n
Ka z a k h s t a n
G e o r g i a
A z e r b a i j a n
Ky r g y z s t a n
T a j i k i s t a n
I r a n
A f g h a n i s t a n
Orsk
ASHGABAT
DUSHANBE
Baykonur
Novosibirsk
Omsk
Pskov
Kaliningrad
St Petersburg
Vorkuta
MOSCOW
Zhezkazgan
ASTANA
Almaty
Groznyy
Magnitogorsk
BAKU
YEREVAN
T’BILISI
Ural’sk
Novgorod
Murmansk
Noril’sk
U
r
a
l
M
o
u
n
t
a
i
n
s
C
a
u
c
a
s
u
s
Caspian
Sea
R
i
v
e
r
V
o
l
g
a
Ri
ve
r
O
b
St Basil’s Cathedral,
Moscow
Icebreaker
ship
Harp seal
Elk
Kirov ballet
Wheat
Baykonur
Space Centre
Sturgeon
fish caviar
Cotton
Chess
Russian dolls
Gur-Emir Mausoleum,
Samarqand
BISHKEK
TASHKENT
U
z
b
e
k
i
s
t
a
n
T
u
r
k
m
e
n
i
s
t
a
n
B
l
a
c
k
S
e
a
K
a
r
a
S
e
a
B
a
r
e
n
t
s
S
e
a
A
r
a
l
S
e
a
Armenia
R
i
v
e
r
O
b
L
a
k
e
B
a
l
k
h
a
s
h
Kirov
K
y
z
y
l
K
u
m
D
e
s
e
r
t
Samarqand
S
i
b
