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Yaroslavl St. Nicholas convent in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl region, Russia.

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Yaroslavl, oblast (region), western Russia. It lies in the upper Volga River basin. Most of the oblast is a low plain traversed by the Volga River and broken only by the low, morainic Danilov and Uglich uplands, which run northeast–southwest across it. In the northwest is the 1,768-square-mile (4,579-square-kilometre) Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga; most of the reservoir lies within the oblast. The oblast’s natural vegetation is forest of spruce, pine, oak, maple, and ash, with many patches of swamp and with floodplain meadows along the rivers. Agriculture is dominated by dairying, and the region is noted for its cheeses; ...(100 of 170 words)

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