Mountain range from Kazakhstan to the Arctic Ocean (5)

I believe the answer is:

urals

(Other definitions for urals that I've seen before include "Mountain range in Russia and Kazakhstan" , "Mountains of Western Russia" , "Russian mountain range" , "mountain area" , "Mountains of west-central Russia" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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