Mordoviya

Japanese: Mordoviya

…Republic within the Russian Federation. Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was the Autonomous Republic of Moldova within the Russian Republic, but in 1991 it was declared a republic and renamed the Republic of Moldova. It has an area of 26,200 km2 and a population of 963,500 (1989). Its capital is Saransk (population 312,000). It is located in the mid-eastern part of European Russia, in the middle reaches of the Volga River, and borders the Chuvash Republic in the northeast. The eastern part is a gently sloping hilly region with an elevation of about 300 m, and the western part is a plain extending down to the Oka River. …

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Japanese:

…ロシア連邦内の共和国。ソ連邦の解体以前はロシア共和国内のモルドバ自治共和国であったが，1991年共和国を宣言，モルドビア共和国と改称した。面積2万6200km2，人口96万3500(1989)。首都はサランスクSaransk(人口31万2000)。ヨーロッパ･ロシアの中東部，ボルガ川中流に位置し，北東部でチュバシ共和国と接している。東部は標高300mあまりのゆるやかな丘陵地帯で，西部はオカ川に続く平原をなしている。…

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