scolymus) is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food. The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence) together with many bracts, on an edible base.Once the buds bloom, the structure changes to a coarse, barely edible form.he edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence) together with many bracts, on an edible base.
The territory of Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Siberia stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and to the national borders of Mongolia and China.With an area of 13.1 million square kilometres, Siberia accounts for 77% of Russia's land area, but it is home to just 40 million people â 27% of the country's population.he climate in West Siberia (Omsk, Novosibirsk) is several degrees warmer than in the East (Irkutsk, Chita) where in the north an extreme winter subarctic climate (Koeppen KÃ¶ppen dfd Or) dwd. Prevails but summer temperatures in other regions can +reach Â°38 (c Â°100). f
Baku, also known as Baky or BakÄ±, is the largest city in the Caucasus and the capital of Azerbaijan. Baku is on the coast of the Caspian Sea on the southern tip of the Absheron Peninsula.There are three major divisions in Baku: Ä°Ã§Éri ÅÉhÉr (ÅÉhÉr the ancient), city The soviet built, city and the newest part of the. City the population as Of january 2012 was 137,200. 137200aku is on the coast of the Caspian Sea on the southern tip of the Absheron Peninsula. There are three major divisions in Baku: Ä°Ã§Éri ÅÉhÉr (ÅÉhÉr the ancient), city The soviet built, city and the newest part of the. city