Vasily (IV) Shuysky was a boyar who became tsar (1606–10) during Russia’s Time of Troubles. A member of an aristocratic family descended from Rurik, the legendary founder of the dynasty that ruled Russia until 1598, Vasily Shuysky achieved prominence in 1591 when he conducted the investigation of

education: The Song (960–1279): …semiprivate institution known as the shuyuan, or academy. With financial support coming from both state grants and private contributions, these academies were managed by noted scholars of the day and attracted many students and lecturers. Often located in mountain retreats or in the woods, they symbolized the influence of Daoism…

Al-Shuʿaybah, town and port in southern Kuwait. Located on the Persian Gulf, it is the country’s second most important port. Its industries include an oil refinery, a seafood-packing plant, and a petrochemical plant producing fertilizers. Al-Shuʿaybah has one of Kuwait’s largest electric-power

Iran: The Abbasid caliphate (750–821): …literary-political movement known as the shuʿūbiyyah, which celebrated the excellence of non-Arab Muslim peoples, particularly the Persians, and set the stage for the resurgence of Iranian literature and culture in the decades to come. Regard for poetry—the Arabs’ vehicle of folk memory—increased, and minds and imaginations were quickened. Philosophical enquiry…

Jaromir Weinberger: …his opera Švanda Dudák (Shvanda the Bagpiper).

Shvetambara, one of the two principal sects of Jainism, a religion of India. The monks and nuns of the Shvetambara sect wear simple white garments. This is in contrast to the practice followed by the parallel sect, the Digambara (“Sky-clad”), which does not admit women into the ascetic order and

Shvetambara, one of the two principal sects of Jainism, a religion of India. The monks and nuns of the Shvetambara sect wear simple white garments. This is in contrast to the practice followed by the parallel sect, the Digambara (“Sky-clad”), which does not admit women into the ascetic order and

shawarma, popular street food in the Middle East, which originated in Turkey and is made of spit-roasted layers of lamb, beef, or other meat that are sliced and often wrapped in or served with pita. Shawarma is similar to Greek gyros, though the former is seasoned with more spices and the latter

Yangon: …building in Yangon is the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, a great Buddhist temple complex that crowns a hill about one mile north of the Cantonment. The pagoda itself is a solid brick stupa (Buddhist reliquary) that is completely covered with gold. It rises 326 feet (99 metres) on a hill 168…

Shwebo, town, north-central Myanmar (Burma). Shwebo is a rice-collecting centre on the railway about 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Mandalay. It was the birthplace of Alaungpaya, founder of the Alaungpaya dynasty (1752–1885), and is the site of his tomb. Originally it was named Moksobomyo

Pegu: …its many pagodas, the ancient Shwemawdaw (“Golden Shrine”), 288 feet (88 m) high, is the most venerable. Said to contain two hairs of Gautama Buddha, it is of Mon origin and was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1930, but restoration was completed in 1954. The Shwethalyaung, a colossal reclining…

Pathein: The Shwemoktaw pagoda (984) in the centre of the city is considered one of the most venerable in southern Myanmar. It was among several built by the Mon king Samuddaghosa. The nearby coastline along the Bay of Bengal is backed by the forested Arakan Mountains. Its…

Shvetambara, one of the two principal sects of Jainism, a religion of India. The monks and nuns of the Shvetambara sect wear simple white garments. This is in contrast to the practice followed by the parallel sect, the Digambara (“Sky-clad”), which does not admit women into the ascetic order and

Pegu: The Shwethalyaung, a colossal reclining statue of Buddha (181 feet [55 m] long), is to the west of the modern town and is reputedly one of the most lifelike of all the reclining Buddha figures; allegedly built in 994, it was lost when Pegu was destroyed…

Pagan: Shwezigon pagoda. Nearby he built a nat shrine with images. The Shwezigon is a huge, terraced pyramid, square below, circular above, crowned by a bell-shaped stupa of traditional Mon shape and adorned with stairways, gates, and decorative spires. It is much revered and famous for…

Carnatic music: Syama Sastri.

M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-born American director, screenwriter, and actor who emerged during the late 1990s and became best known for creating psychological thrillers that explore supernatural themes. Some of Shyamalan’s films are famous for their shocking plot twists. His major works include

M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-born American director, screenwriter, and actor who emerged during the late 1990s and became best known for creating psychological thrillers that explore supernatural themes. Some of Shyamalan’s films are famous for their shocking plot twists. His major works include

Tara: The Green Tara (Sanskrit: Shyamatara; Tibetan: Sgrol-ljang) was believed to be incarnated as the Nepali princess. She is considered by some to be the original Tara and is the female consort of Amoghasiddhi (see Dhyani-Buddha), one of the “self-born” buddhas. She is generally shown seated on…

Shygys Qazaqstan, oblysy (region), extreme eastern Kazakhstan, in the Altai Mountains on the frontier with China. Its capital is Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk). It is drained by the upper Irtysh (Ertis) River, and Lake Zaysan lies in the south. The climate is continental and dry. One of the main centres

Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. Shylock is a grasping but proud and somewhat tragic figure, and his role and Shakespeare’s intentions continue to be the source of much discussion. In addition to his baser traits, Shylock is proud and has deep

Shymkent, city, south-central Kazakhstan. It lies in the valley of the Sayram River in the foothills of the Ugam Range at an elevation of 1,680 feet (512 metres). Originally a settlement on the caravan route from Central Asia to China, Shymkent dates back at least to the 12th century and was more

Dag Solstad: …Prize; Genanse og verdighet (1994; Shyness and Dignity); Professor Andersens natt (1996; Professor Andersen’s Night); and 17. Roman (2009; “Novel 17”). He won the Swedish Academy’s Nordic Prize in 2017.

Shyok River, river of the Kashmir region, in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It rises in the Karakoram Range in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir and is a notable tributary of the Indus River. The Shyok, which flows generally northwestward, is fed by meltwater from numerous

Sebastian Brant: …verse by Alexander Barclay (The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde) and another in prose by Henry Watson, and it gave rise to a whole school of fool’s literature. Yet Brant essentially looks backward; he is not a forerunner of the Reformation nor even a true humanist but rather…

Italian Socialist Party: …in 1998 to form the Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI).

International System of Units (SI), international decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units. Adopted by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1960, it is abbreviated SI in all languages. Rapid advances in science and

Situationist International (SI), group of artists, writers, and social critics (1957–72) that aimed to eliminate capitalism through the revolutionization of everyday life. Instead of focusing on traditional sites of economic and social change, such as the factory, the Situationist International

silicon (Si), a nonmetallic chemical element in the carbon family (Group 14 [IVa] of the periodic table). Silicon makes up 27.7 percent of Earth’s crust; it is the second most abundant element in the crust, being surpassed only by oxygen. The name silicon derives from the Latin silex or silicis,

Socialist International (SI), association of national socialist parties that advocates a democratic form of socialism. After World War II the reinstitution of an international federation of working-class parties took place in gradual stages. First, an information and liaison office was established

Leandro Fernández de Moratín: …of convenience, as seen in El sí de las niñas (1806; The Maiden’s Consent). Because of political and ecclesiastical opposition to his French sympathies, he spent most of his life after 1814 in France, where he died; he was buried between his models Molière and Jean de La Fontaine, but…

industrial glass: Properties: …different refractive properties, are called stepped-index fibres. For various reasons, superior performance can be obtained from a graded-index fibre, in which the glass composition, and hence the refractive indices, change progressively, without abrupt transition, between the core and the outer diameter.

Xi River system, system of rivers that combine to form the longest river of southern China. Together with its upper-course streams, the Xi River flows generally eastward for 1,216 miles (1,957 km) from the highlands of Yunnan province to the South China Sea and drains—along with the Bei, Dong, and

If It Die…, autobiographical work by André Gide, published as Si le grain ne meurt. It was initially printed privately in 1920 and was published commercially in 1924. The work is a memoir of Gide’s childhood and of his emotional and psychosexual development. Gide described his father as a

Thailand: Literature: …novel Si phaen din (Four Reigns), first published in serial form in the newspaper Siam Rath in 1953, is probably the best-selling Thai novel of all time. The author, Kukrit Pramoj (1911–95), whose title (Mom Rajawong) indicates he was a descendant of a king, later became well-known as a…

Sisaket, town, eastern Thailand. Sisaket lies on the railway between Nakhon Ratchasima and Udon Thani. The surrounding area is one of Thailand’s poorest regions; rice and tobacco are the main products. The region borders Cambodia and has a substantial Khmer-speaking population. Pop. (2000)

Baltic religion: Cosmology: … found frequently in the dainas: šī saule (literally “this sun”) and viņa saule (literally “the other sun”). The metaphor šī saule symbolizes ordinary everyday human life, while viņa saule indicates the invisible world where the sun goes at night, which is also the abode of the dead.

time: SI second: The CGPM redefined the second in 1967 to equal 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation emitted or absorbed in the hyperfine transition of the cesium-133 atom; that is, the transition selected for control of the cesium-beam clock developed at the National Physical Laboratory. The…

Somdet Chao Phraya Si Suriyawong was a leading minister under King Mongkut and regent during the minority of King Chulalongkorn. He exercised tremendous influence during a crucial period when the Siamese kings were modernizing the country and trying to maintain its independence. Members of the

Sisowath was the king of Cambodia from 1904 until his death. He was a figurehead for the French colonial administration, which had secured the protectorate over Cambodia in a treaty signed by Sisowath’s half-brother Norodom in 1863. With Norodom, Sisowath received his education under the

International System of Units (SI), international decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units. Adopted by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1960, it is abbreviated SI in all languages. Rapid advances in science and

Jean-Louis Trintignant: …les gars du monde (1955; If All the Guys in the World), and he achieved critical recognition as Brigitte Bardot’s deceived husband in Et Dieu créa la femme (1956; And God Created Woman). His sensitive performance as the widowed race-car driver in Claude Lelouch’s Un Homme et une femme (1966;…

Norodom: …1861 by Norodom’s half brother Si Votha, was put down with the aid of Thai troops. At this point the French, who had been ceded much of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam), sought to assert Vietnamese claims to Cambodian tribute, seeing the adjacent Cambodian provinces as future colonial possessions. The French forced…

Hu, Sia, and Heh: Hu, Sia, and Heh, in Egyptian religion, deified abstractions personifying, respectively, “creative command” (or “authoritative utterance”), “perception” (or “intelligence”), and “eternity.” They were all essential forces in the creation and continuance of the cosmos. Hu and Sia served as crew members in the solar bark of…

healing cult: …specialized; for example, among the Sia Indians there are eight societies: one specializes in treating burns, one in ant bites, etc.); or dynasties of healers who trace their knowledge back to the gods (e.g., the Physicians of Myddvai in Wales, who have been active herbalists for more than five centuries).…

Siachen Glacier, piedmont glacier located in the Karakoram Range. It lies in the heavily glaciated Himalayan region known as the “Third Pole,” because mountain glaciers in this region contain more fresh water than is found anywhere else on Earth except for the polar ice caps. The Siachen Glacier

Mohamed Siad Barre was the president of Somalia who held dictatorial rule over the country from October 1969, when he led a bloodless military coup against the elected government, until January 1991, when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war. Siad was born into a nomadic family in the small

Mohamed Siad Barre was the president of Somalia who held dictatorial rule over the country from October 1969, when he led a bloodless military coup against the elected government, until January 1991, when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war. Siad was born into a nomadic family in the small

syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), disorder characterized by the excessive excretion of sodium in the urine, thereby causing hyponatremia (decreased sodium concentrations in the blood plasma). SIADH is caused by excessive unregulated secretion of vasopressin (antidiuretic

Toronto Raptors: …around Lowry and rising forward Pascal Siakam in the 2019–20 season, finishing with a 53–19 record and returning to the playoffs, where the Raptors lost in the second round. During the COVID-19-shortened 2020–21 season the team played their home games in Tampa, Florida, because of Canadian travel restrictions related to…

Australia: The Precambrian: …the oldest known rocks are sialic crust (i.e., composed of rocks rich in silica and alumina) that developed in the Narryer Gneiss Complex between 4.3 and 3.7 billion years ago. The older end of that time span is provided by detrital zircon grains found in younger metasedimentary rock (metamorphosed sedimentary…

bluebird, any of the three species of the North American genus Sialia of the chat-thrush group (family Turdidae, order Passeriformes). The eastern bluebird (S. sialis), 14 cm (5 12 inches) long, and the western bluebird (S. mexicana) are red-breasted forms found east and west of the Rockies,

conservation: Calculating background extinction rates: …pairs of sister taxa including western and eastern bluebirds (Sialia mexicana and S. sialis), red-shafted and yellow-shafted flickers (both considered subspecies of Colaptes auratus), and ruby-throated and black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris and A. alexandri). According to the rapid-speciation

conservation: Calculating background extinction rates: …sister taxa including western and eastern bluebirds (Sialia mexicana and S. sialis), red-shafted and yellow-shafted flickers (both considered subspecies of Colaptes auratus), and ruby-throated and black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris and A. alexandri). According to the rapid-speciation interpretation, a single mechanism seemed to have

neuraminidase: …surface of the virus) and sialic acid. Neuraminidase cleaves the sialic acid molecule, thereby freeing the virus to infect other cells in the host organism. Antibodies against neuraminidase that are generated by the host’s immune system following infection bind to a portion of the neuraminidase antigen known as an epitope.…

Australia: The Precambrian: …the oldest known rocks are sialic crust (i.e., composed of rocks rich in silica and alumina) that developed in the Narryer Gneiss Complex between 4.3 and 3.7 billion years ago. The older end of that time span is provided by detrital zircon grains found in younger metasedimentary rock (metamorphosed sedimentary…

alderfly, any insect of the megalopteran family Sialidae, characterized by long, filamentous antennae and two pairs of large wings (anterior wing length 20 to 50 mm [ 34 inch to 2 inches]), membranous and well-developed, with part of the hind wing folding like a fan. The adult alderfly is

neuraminidase, any of a group of enzymes that cleave sialic acid, a carbohydrate occurring on the surfaces of cells in humans and other animals and in plants and microorganisms. In the 1940s American scientist George Hirst identified in samples of influenza virus mixed with red blood cells

Siālkot, city and district, Lahore division, Punjab province, Pakistan. The city, the district headquarters, lies just north of the Aik Nāla (Aik Stream) and south of the Jammu Hills and is connected by rail with Wazīrābād and Jammu and by road with Lahore and Gujrānwāla. It was once famous as a

Siālkot: The district (area 2,067 sq miles [5,354 sq km]) stretches from the Rāvi valley on the southeast to the Chenāb River on the northwest. The northern portion is very fertile; the southern, less fertile, is irrigated by the Upper Chenāb Canal. About nine-tenths of the cultivable…

Thailand, country located in the centre of mainland Southeast Asia. Located wholly within the tropics, Thailand encompasses diverse ecosystems, including the hilly forested areas of the northern frontier, the fertile rice fields of the central plains, the broad plateau of the northeast, and the

Thailand: The Ayutthayan period, 1351–1767: Whereas Sukhothai was an independent kingdom for only about 200 years, its successor, Ayutthaya—situated in the rich rice plains of the Chao Phraya River basin, about 55 miles (90 km) north of present-day Bangkok—lasted more than 400 years. During the Ayutthayan period…

Buddhism: Sri Lanka: The Siam Nikaya, founded during the reform of the late 18th century, was a conservative and wealthy sect that admitted only members of the Goyigama, the highest Sinhalese caste. The Amarapura sect, founded in the early 19th century, opened its ranks to members of lower castes.…

jewelry: The properties of gems: …variety is called starlite or Siam zircon, while the third type is called Ceylon or Matara diamond.

Gulf of Thailand, inlet of the South China Sea bordering Thailand (southwest through north), Cambodia, and southern Vietnam (northeast). The Gulf of Thailand is 300 to 350 miles (500 to 560 km) wide and 450 miles (725 km) long. The Chao Phraya and Nakhon Chai Si rivers enter the gulf near its head.

siamang, (Symphalangus syndactylus), arboreal ape of the gibbon family (Hylobatidae), found in the forests of Sumatra and Malaya. The siamang resembles other gibbons but is more robust. The siamang is also distinguished by the webbing between its second and third toes and by a dilatable hairless

Siamese, popular short-haired breed of domestic cat originally from Thailand, a country whose official name was Siam until 1939. The Siamese is a lithe long-bodied cat with slim legs and a long slim tail. It has a long wedge-shaped head and blue eyes. Some Siamese have crossed eyes or kinked tails,

Buddhism: From Myanmar to the Mekong delta: …spread to Thailand, where the Thai were gradually displacing the Mon as the dominant population. During the next two centuries, Theravada reforms penetrated as far as Cambodia and Laos.

Siamese crocodile, (Crocodylus siamensis), medium-sized crocodile inhabiting freshwater streams, lakes, and swamps in parts of Southeast Asia. It is one of the least-known crocodile species, because its population (which numbers between 500 and 1,000 wild individuals) is one of the smallest in

Smashing Pumpkins: …their second album, the multiplatinum Siamese Dream (1993), which featured the hits “Cherub Rock,” “Today,” and “Disarm.” The subsequent double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart on the way to selling more than four million copies in the United…

Siamese fighting fish, (Betta splendens), freshwater tropical fish of the family Osphronemidae (order Perciformes), noted for the pugnacity of the males toward one another. The Siamese fighting fish, a native of Thailand, was domesticated there for use in contests. Combat consists mainly of fin

Thai language, the standard spoken and literary language of Thailand, belonging to the Tai language family of Southeast Asia. It is based largely on the dialect of Bangkok and its environs in the central region of the country but retains certain consonant distinctions (such as l versus r, kl versus

conjoined twin, one of a pair of twins who are physically joined and often share some organs. Fusion is typically along the trunk of the body or at the front, side, or back of the head. In the case of symmetrical conjoined twins, the children usually have no birth anomalies except at the areas of

ancient Egypt: The 21st dynasty: …king of the 21st dynasty, Siamon, invaded Philistia and captured Gezer. If Egypt had any intention of attacking Israel, Solomon’s power forestalled Siamon, who presented Gezer to Israel as a dowry in the diplomatic marriage of his daughter to Solomon. This is indicative of the reversal of Egypt’s status in…

Xi’an, city and capital of Shaanxi sheng (province), north-central China. It is located in the south-central part of the province, at the southern limit of the Loess Plateau. The city site is on a low plain on the south bank of the Wei River. Just to the south the Qin (Tsingling) Mountains rise

Xi’an Incident, (Dec. 12–25, 1936), in Chinese history, seizure of the Nationalist generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) by two of his own generals, Zhang Xueliang (Chang Hsüeh-liang) and Yang Hucheng (Yang Hu-ch’eng). Zhang, commander of the forces in Northeast China (Manchuria), and Yang,

Quintana Roo: Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, comprises tropical forests and marine reefs southwest of Cozumel Island.

Chicago Cubs: …the World Series, tavern owner Billy Sianis was forced to leave Wrigley Field after showing up with his goat, and upon his ejection Sianis cursed the franchise. The Cubs would not return to the World Series for more than 70 years.

Oceanic music and dance: Musical style and cultural context: …were adopted from the off-coast Siassi Islands, including texts that were unintelligible to the Kate.

Šiauliai, city, north-central Lithuania. The city, dating from at least the 13th century, may be identical with the “Saule” where a major military confrontation took place in 1236 between the Lithuanians and the Brothers of the Sword, an order of Christian knights bent on imposing Christianity on

Germanic law: Tribal Germanic institutions: …institution was the “sib” (sippe), a term that meant both a clan—the extended family composed of all those related by blood, however remotely, and subject to a clan chief—and also a household or narrow family, whose members were under the mund (guardianship) of the family head. A boy remained…

Āl Bū Saʿīd dynasty: …a treaty, known as the Treaty of Al-Sib (September 25, 1920), was signed between Imam ʿĪsā ibn Ṣāliḥ and Sultan Taymūr ibn Fayṣal (reigned 1913–32), by virtue of which Sultan Taymūr ruled over the coastal provinces and Imam ʿĪsā over the interior. Opposition broke out again in 1954 when the…

Āl Bū Saʿīd dynasty: …a treaty, known as the Treaty of Al-Sib (September 25, 1920), was signed between Imam ʿĪsā ibn Ṣāliḥ and Sultan Taymūr ibn Fayṣal (reigned 1913–32), by virtue of which Sultan Taymūr ruled over the coastal provinces and Imam ʿĪsā over the interior. Opposition broke out again in 1954 when the…

Kapil Sibal is an Indian lawyer, politician, and government official who became a senior leader in the Indian National Congress (Congress Party). He was especially noted for his service as a cabinet minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government (2004–14). Sibal

Sibasa, village, Limpopo province, South Africa. It was once the capital of the nonindependent Bantustan of Venda. A station was established there in 1872 by Carl Beuster of the Berlin Mission. The village is an industrial growth centre just northeast of Thohoyandou and about 4 miles (7 km) north

Sībawayh was a celebrated grammarian of the Arabic language. After studying in Basra, Iraq, with a prominent grammarian, Sībawayh received recognition as a grammarian himself. Sībawayh is said to have left Iraq and retired to Shīrāz after losing a debate with a rival on Bedouin Arabic usage. His

North Sumatra: …than 400 years of dormancy, Mount Sibayak (6,870 feet [2,094 metres]), and Mount Sorikmarapi (7,037 feet [2,145 metres]). Near the centre of the plateau, at an elevation of 2,985 feet (910 metres), is Lake Toba, the remnant of an ancient and massive volcanic eruption. At the lake’s centre is Samosir…

Sir Robert Sibbald was a Scottish physician and antiquarian, who became the first professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1685), which became thereafter, for more than a century, one of the greatest centres of medical research in Europe. Sibbald spent a considerable portion of his

blue whale, (Balaenoptera musculus), the most massive animal ever to have lived, a species of baleen whale that weighs approximately 150 tons and may attain a length of more than 30 metres (98 feet). The largest accurately measured blue whale was a 29.5-metre female that weighed 180 metric tons

Siberian Husky, breed of strong, graceful, and friendly working dog raised in Siberia by the Chukchi people, who valued it as a sled dog and companion. It was brought to Alaska in 1909 for sled dog races and soon became established as a consistent winner. In 1925 the breed gained widespread fame by

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. Sibelius studied at the Finnish Normal School, the first Finnish-speaking school in Russian-held Finland, where he came into contact with Finnish literature and in particular with the Kalevala, the mythological

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. Sibelius studied at the Finnish Normal School, the first Finnish-speaking school in Russian-held Finland, where he came into contact with Finnish literature and in particular with the Kalevala, the mythological

Šibenik, port in southern Croatia. It lies along the estuary of the Krka River a short distance east of the river’s mouth on the Adriatic Sea. Although first documented in 1066, Šibenik was probably founded earlier by Slav migrants. It was chartered in 1167 and until 1412 was fought over by Venice

Siberia, vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan, constituting all of northern Asia. Siberia extends from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the borders of Mongolia and China. All but

Paleozoic Era: Paleozoic geography: Siberia, essentially the large Asian portion of present-day Russia, was a separate continent during the early and middle Paleozoic, when it moved from equatorial to northern temperate latitudes. Baltica moved across the paleoequator from southern cool temperate latitudes into northern warm latitudes during the Paleozoic.…

Siberian anticyclone, a semipermanent system of high atmospheric pressure centred in northeastern Siberia during the colder half of the year. The anticyclone forms because of the intense cooling of the surface layers of air over the continent during this season. It is usually quite shallow in

argali: The horns of the larger Siberian argali are somewhat shorter but much more massive.

Academy of Sciences, highest scientific society and principal coordinating body for research in natural and social sciences, technology, and production in Russia. The organization was established in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 8 (January 28, Old Style), 1724. Membership in the academy is by

brown bear: …(300–550 pounds); the exceptionally large Siberian brown bear (U. arctos beringianus), weighing as much as 360 kg (800 pounds), approximates the size of the North American grizzly. Coat colour is highly variable, ranging from grayish white through bluish and brownish shades to almost black. Eurasian brown bears are commonly seen…

chipmunk: …Old World species is the Siberian chipmunk (T. sibiricus), which ranges from the White Sea of northwestern Russia eastward through Siberia to northern Japan and south to China.