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  2. Tyumen - Wikipedia

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    Tyumen ( / t.juːˈmɛn / tyoo-MEN; [11] [12] Russian: Тюмень, IPA: [tʲʉˈmʲenʲ] ⓘ) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas industry, Tyumen has experienced rapid population growth in recent years ...

  3. Russian submarine Severodvinsk (K-560) - Wikipedia

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    28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) submerged silent. 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+ submerged max [3] Complement. 90. K-560 Severodvinsk is a Yasen class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, and the lead vessel of the class. [4] The submarine is named after the city of Severodvinsk. She is deployed with the Russian Northern Fleet .

  4. Russia - Wikipedia

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    RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.

  5. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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    7,566,673 km 2 (2,921,509 sq mi) Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,192 km 2 (6,612,074 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations.

  6. Tyumen Oblast - Wikipedia

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    Tyumen Oblast ( Russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, romanized : Tyumenskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in Western Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals Federal District. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo ...

  7. Anne Gruner Schlumberger - Wikipedia

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    Anne Gruner Schlumberger (1905–1993) was a French heiress, philanthropist and patron of arts and science. Her father was Conrad Schlumberger, one of the founders of the oil exploration company Schlumberger and her mother was Louise Schlumberger (née Delpech). She was married to Henri George Doll, whom she accompanied to oil sites in Mexico ...

  8. Transocean - Wikipedia

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    Transocean Ltd. Transocean Ltd. is an American drilling company. [2] It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Vernier, Switzerland. The company has offices in 20 countries, including Canada, the United States, Norway, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

  9. History of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Russian states around 1470, including Novgorod, Tver, Pskov, Ryazan, Rostov and Moscow. The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians.