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Notes: Svalbard, Norway: Although it does not fit the definition of autonomous area (not possessing partial internal sovereignty), Svalbard has the sovereignty of Norway limited by the Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 [13] and therefore is considered as having special status (as it is considered fully integrated with Norway, and not a dependency, it is a sui generis case).
Khanka Lake freezes in the second half of November and thaws in April. The fauna and flora of Lake Khanka are rich in species. In 1971, the Ramsar Convention gave the lake the status of a wetland of international importance. In 1990, the Khanka Nature Reserve was organized in part of the then-Soviet basin of Lake Khanka. In April 1996, an ...
Khankaysky District (Russian: Ханка́йский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [5] district (), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia.It is located in the west of the krai on the western bank of Lake Khanka and borders with Pogranichny District in the southwest, Khorolsky District in the southeast, and with Heilongjiang Province of China in the west.
Geography of the Russian Far East district and region, ... Geography of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (3 C, 2 P) ... Lake Khanka; O. Outer Manchuria; S.
Khanka Nature Reserve (Russian: Ханкайский заповедник Khankaiskiy zapavyednik) (also Khankaisky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) that covers portions of the shore and waters of Lake Khanka, the largest freshwater lake in the Russian Far East. It is an important area for nesting and migrating waterfowl and ...
As of 2024, Russia has four autonomous okrugs of its 83 federal subjects. [a] The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is the only okrug which is not subordinate to an oblast. The Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug are parts of Tyumen Oblast.
The Khorezm People's National Republic bordered on the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to the north and to the south, and on the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic to the east. Its western border was a rough continuation of the western coast of Aral Sea , bordering on what was then the Kirghiz ASSR (today's western Kazakhstan ).
Full coat of arms of Primorsky Krai Postage stamp of the USSR: Primorsky Krai. Commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia with a face value of 10 rubles (2006) Primorsky Krai, [a] informally known as Primorye, [b] is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East.