11.   What is turning heads at Kolomyaga is the novelty of American-style suburban architecture transplanted onto Russian soil.

12.   Yeltsin was unremittingly attacked for his passive role in the worst modern hostage attack on Russian soil.

13.   But the Defense Ministry said no Russian troops had departed Russian soil for Kosovo, according to a spokesman who asked not to be identified.

14.   College officials believe the two-week, five-game excursion marks the first time that an American college baseball team will compete on Russian soil.

15.   Even the port where food aid first touched Russian soil has not escaped accusations of shady dealing.

16.   He said the hostage raid showed Chechens how to take the war onto Russian soil.

17.   Moscow, meanwhile, postponed the first joint maneuvers on Russian soil between Russian troops and those of reunited Germany, the German Defense Ministry said Monday.

18.   Moscow has postponed the first joint maneuvers on Russian soil between Russian troops and those of reunited Germany, the Defense Ministry said Monday.

19.   No end appears in sight to a war that has killed tens of thousands of people in the worst bloodshed on Russian soil since World War II.

20.   The army rained thousands of shells on Grozny in the worst fighting on Russian soil since World War II.