The Dnepr-Pripyat lowland in this former SSR was once forest & is now largely pasture
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it was the second largest republic in the former USSR, but in Europe it ranks sixth 
.... Christianity, the Cossacks gathered beyond the Dnieper rapids where they .... 
subzone is characterized by rich, prairie chernozems, which are now largely in... [DOC] [TLE] Final report - Unesco [PAR] Distribution and numbers of the White Stork in Pripyat River floodplain .... 
grasslands, extensively cultivated meadows and pastures provide good ... Pripyat 
is the main watercourse of the Polessia Lowland.