southern Russia

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geographical region historical region

Southern Russia is a broad geographical and historical region of the Russian Federation encompassing the steppe and Black Sea areas north of the Caucasus, including major cities such as Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → historical region →
borders	Black Sea → Caspian Sea → North Caucasus →
contains	Adygea → Astrakhan Oblast NERFINISHED → Black Sea steppe → Crimea → Eurasian steppe → Krasnodar Krai NERFINISHED → Republic of Kalmykia → Rostov Oblast NERFINISHED → Rostov-on-Don NERFINISHED → Stavropol Krai NERFINISHED → Volgograd NERFINISHED → Volgograd Oblast NERFINISHED →
country	Russia →
hasClimate	continental climate → steppe climate →
hasCoastlineOn	Black Sea → Sea of Azov →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → grain production → oil and gas industry → port services → sunflower cultivation → tourism →
hasMajorCity	Astrakhan NERFINISHED → Krasnodar NERFINISHED → Rostov-on-Don NERFINISHED → Sochi → Volgograd NERFINISHED →
hasMajorRiver	Don River NERFINISHED → Kuban River → Volga River →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Cossacks → Don Cossacks → Kuban Cossacks →
historicallyPartOf	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
language	Russian →
locatedIn	Eastern Europe → European Russia →
partOf	Russian Federation →
strategicImportance	access to Black Sea → transport corridor between Europe and Caucasus →
timeZoneIncludes	Moscow Time →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Astrakhan Oblast → Kerch Strait ("Southern Russia region") → Krasnodar Krai ("southwestern Russia") → North Caucasus → Privolnoye → Rostov-on-Don ("Southern Russia") → Stalingrad ("Southwestern Russia") → Stavropol Krai ("Southern Russia") → Taman Peninsula ("Southern Russia") → Volgograd State Medical University ("Southern Russia") →	locatedIn
Denikin offensive on Moscow → Fall Blau → Ice March → White Terror (Russian Civil War) ("Southern Russia") →	location
North Caucasian Federal District ("Southern Russia") → Southern Federal District ("Southern Russia") →	partOf
Lavr Kornilov ("Southern Russia") → Mikhail Alekseyev ("Southern Russia") →	placeOfActivity
Crimean Bridge ("Southern Russia") → Volgograd State Technical University ("Southern Russia") →	regionServed
White movement ("Southern Russia") →	areaOfOperation
middle Don River ("Southern Russia") →	geopoliticalRegion
Heeresgruppe Süd ("Southern Russia") →	historicalRegionOfOperations
Taganrog ("Southern Russia") →	locatedInRegion
Denikin offensive on Moscow ("Southern Russia") →	militaryTheater
Volunteer Army →	operatedIn
German 17th Army →	primaryAreaOfOperations
Kuban Cossack forces ("Southern Russia") →	region
Southern Front →	regionOfOperations
Paveletsky railway station →	servesRegion
White Army ("Southern Russia") →	territory
Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) ("Southern Russia") →	theater