| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TARTARS | People of southern Russia. |
| COSSACKS | Once-autonomous people of southern Russia |
| POSIETA | Bay at southern tip of Far East Russia. |
| cossack | (esp. in czarist Russia) a person belonging to any of certain groups of Slavs living chiefly in the southern part of Russia in Europe and forming an elite corps of horsemen |
| tarpan | small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos |
| URAL | River through southern Russia |
