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Across 4. a music hall in Paris, famous for its variety shows. 6. a member of a southern Russian people, many of whom served as fierce cavalrymen under the Russian tsars. 10. a type of white French wine 11. a fur made from the curly, wavy wool of young lambs from Astrakhan (a city of southwest Russia). 13. regions in the southern part of the former Russian Empire, near the Black Sea. 14. a tobacco pipe.

Down 1. a sophisticated person who can handle any situation well. 2. Rio de Janeiro is a city on the coast of Brazil. 3. a reference to the 1917 Russian Revolution, in which the emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, was violently overthrown. 5. a river in northern India. 7. encounter a fierce opponent. 8. a region in central Asia. 9. sailors from India. 12. a person who whipped criminals in Russia.