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Dachas

Russian country houses

St. Petersburg

city founded by Peter the Great and styled after those of Western Europe

Smelters

factories that produce metal ores

Trans-Siberian Railroad

the longest single rail line in the world, running from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast

Chechnya

a Russian republic in the Caucasus Mountains, an area of ethnic conflict