A republic (ASSR)-level city in the Yakut ASSR. Located on the Ireliakh River (Viliui basin) and connected by road with the landing of Lensk (on the Lena River, 230 km south of Mirnyi). Population, 26,300 (1973).
Mirnyi grew up in 1955 after the discovery and beginning of exploitation of diamond deposits (Mir kimberlite pipe). It [...]
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest and deepest lake; it is the second most voluminous lake, after the Caspian Sea. As the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, with an average depth of 744.4 m (2,442 ft).Baikal's water is unique and surprising, as is the lake itself. It is unusually transparent, pure and saturated with oxygen. In [...]
The Moscow Kremlin sometimes referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes four palaces, four [...]
