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  • proper noun A republic of Russia in the central south of the country, with capital Abakan.

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Examples

  • Ilya Naymushin/Reuters RUB A DUB: A man read a newspaper as he floated in the salt water of Tus Lake in Russia's Khakassia region Friday.

    Photos of the Day: July 15 2011

  • In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse in the foothills of Karatash, near Abakan, the capital of the Khakassia region in Siberia.

    Vladimir Putin Gets On His High Horse (PHOTO) 2010

  • In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse in the foothills of Karatash, near Abakan, the capital of the Khakassia region in Siberia.

    Vladimir Putin Gets On His High Horse (PHOTO) 2010

  • Damage at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in Khakassia will take years to repair and could seriously disrupt electricity supplies to Siberia, Rusal said Monday.

    Russian Hydropower Accident Threatens Aluminum Production 2009

  • In December, a court in the Siberian region of Khakassia shut down the Internet news site Novy Fokus for not registering as a media outlet.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

  • It seems Golikov's unit served in Khakassia a small region northwest of Tuva; the Turkic Khakass are now a small minority of the population, and the locals were so terrified of their depredations they were constantly asking "Khaidar Golikov?"

    languagehat.com: GAIDAR/KHAIDAR. 2005

  • Unemployed numbers rose in 74 out of 83 Russian regions, with the Astrakhan Region and the republics of Khakassia, Kalmykia, Adygea and Chuvashia reporting the highest growth in the past week.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Sayano - Shushenskaya, in Khakassia (Siberia Orientale), la più grande del Paese e la quarta più grande del mondo: i morti sono otto, i feriti 10 ei dispersi 68, secondo quanto riferisce l'agenzia Itar-Tass citando il portavoce della commissione investigativa della procura generale Vladimir Markin.

    WN.com - Articles related to Gazprom to build gas pipeline in Romania 2010

  • CHERYOMUSHKI (Republic of Khakassia), August 17 (RIA Novosti) - A mourning ceremony for dozens of people killed last year in a major accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-power plant began in Siberia.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • An unusual ceremony took place in Khakassia, Eastern Siberia, on Thursday.

    RIA Novosti 2010

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