Izumrud

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Izumrud

an urban-type settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, located in the upper reaches of the Bol’shoi Reft River in the Ob’ basin, 12 km from the city of Asbest. Emeralds have been mined in the area since the 1830’s. There is a lumber procurement establishment and a brickyard in Izumrud.

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Moreover, diterpene glycosides virescenoside A and a sum of diterpene glycoside isolated from the marine fungus Acremonium striatisporum MKK 4401 on buckwheat varieties Izumrud and Pri 10 showed effect on the growth of sprout root, yield and seed quality (Klykov et al., 2013).

Enhancing Growth of Buckwheat Sprouts and Microgreens by Endophytic Bacterium Inoculation

One of the "marvellous marvels" (chudo-chudnoe and diva) that are found on Gvidon's island is the already mentioned wondrous squirrel, which "sings songs" and "cracks golden-shelled nuts" that have sapphires (izumrud) for their kernels.

Belkin, Belochkiny, and belka Chudo-Divo Pushkin's "the Fairytale of Czar Saltan" in Nabokov's Pnin