the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
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“How am I going to cross the street?” he asked her this summer as the family drove through the Mongolian Steppes in a Russian-built van.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017
One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2015
The Rockies reminded him of the Caucasus, Wyoming of the Steppes, and Yellowstone's panhandling bears "are from Siberia."
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the Siberian Steppes I have known and traversed and loved, and long and hope to see again.
From Russian Life To-day by Bury, Right Rev. Herbert
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