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It was established in Pittsburgh in 1994 and is the largest exclusively Carpatho-Rusyn organization in North America with over 3,000 members. [3] [4] C-RS works to educate those of Rusyn descent as well as others about Carpatho-Rusyn heritage. The society supports the preservation and development of Rusyn culture on both sides of the Atlantic. [1]
The Russian Wilderness is a wilderness area of 12,000 acres (49 km 2) located approximately 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Eureka in northern California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County and is managed by the US Forest Service .
Forestry activity in Khimki Forest near Moscow. Forestry in Russia is a set of industries related to wood harvesting and processing.It is one of the oldest sectors in the country's economy, Russia's timber industry is valued at $20 billion per year, and as at 2022, is the second largest producer of industrial roundwood. [1]
Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural and Educational Center, Munhall, PA. The Carpatho-Rusyn Society has purchased the historic former Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania, to convert it into the nation's first National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural Center. The historic structure was the first cathedral in America exclusively for Carpatho ...
"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] (Its influence on the formation of Russian culture is negligible, mainly it was formed ...
As of 2021 49.4% of Russia is covered in trees.[2] Map of the federal subjects of Russia - degree of afforestation Temperate rainforest in Pozharsky District, Primorye Taiga in Tashtagolsky District, Kemerovo Oblast Birch forest in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Semi-desert in Narimanovsky District, Astrakhan Oblast Steppe in Tselinny District ...
After Russian America was sold to the U.S. in 1867, for $7.2 million (2 cents per acre, equivalent to $156,960,000 in 2023), all the holdings of the Russian–American Company were liquidated. Following the transfer, many elders of the local Tlingit tribe maintained that " Castle Hill " comprised the only land that Russia was entitled to sell.
Their culture and society developed in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaskan coast and the Alexander Archipelago. The Tlingit have maintained a complex hunter-gatherer culture based on semi-sedentary management of fisheries. [11] Hereditary slavery was practiced extensively until it was outlawed by the United States Government. [12]