http://g-kar.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] g-kar.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] learn_russian 2014-11-24 12:55 am (UTC)

+1.
It takes a lot of time and effort to travel from Magadan or Norilsk to Moscow/Central Russia, so the inhabitants of such places feel like they are living on distant islands.

I also think that the best translation is simple "main land".

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