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  • – June 11, 1970) served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian ... In the aftermath of the collapse of the autocracy, hastened by Russian ...
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  • The Volunteer Army (Добровольческая армия in Russian ... Part of the wide White Russian resistance movement, the Volunteer ...
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  • role in Philippine independence during the Philippine Revolution against ... In the Philippines, Aguinaldo is considered to be the country's ...
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  • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Organisation du Traité ... ; (also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance ...
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  • The Warsaw Insurrection (otherwise the Warsaw Uprising of 1794; ... ) was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early ...
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  • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...
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  • 23, 1953) was a Soviet politician and chief of the Soviet security and police ... Beria is now remembered chiefly as the executor of the final stages ...
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  • The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa. Though ... stemming mostly from tensions between the mainly Arab-Muslim north and ...
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  • objector sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the [[United States Disciplinary ... service, or they may refuse to be a part of any combatant organization ...
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  • The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was a rebellion ... The rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence ...
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  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... The islands' proximity to South America has influenced its culture ...
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  • A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...
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  • Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...
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  • The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...
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  • West Germany (in German Westdeutschland) was the common English name ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...
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  • The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Mouvement international ... human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent ...
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  • The Soviet Union was one of the dominant political entities of the ... experienced famine and economic collapse. The demoralized Russian Army suffered ...
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  • Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... slaves and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India ...
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  • The American Library Association (ALA) is a library association in ... Rules, Second Edition), accreditation of MLS (Masters of Library Science ...
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  • The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World ... The Security Council requires all five permanent members to agree ...
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  • Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in ... Tension between the two nations remains high and both possess nuclear ...
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  • from 1985-90, was elected president for the second time in 2006. For much ... After a popular rebellion resulted in the overthrow and exile of dictator ...
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  • March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...
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  • The Somali Revolution started in 1986, when President Siad Barre began ... The United Nations was involved on the ground in Somalia from 1992 ...
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  • The All Russian Constituent Assembly (Всероссийское Учред ... By the time it finally met, the Bolsheviks had already overthrown ...
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  • The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...
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  • At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ...
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  • Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... features, including Angel Falls. Located in the Guayana highlands, it plunges ...
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  • The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought ... and religious clash. Some Chechens, the majority of whom are Muslim ...
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  • in Eastern Europe that borders Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...
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  • prominent Soviet politician. He was briefly the nominal head of the Soviet ... The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic ...
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  • Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... From 1991 to 2002, the country suffered greatly under the devastating ...
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  • was a North Korean politician who served as the second Supreme Leader of North ... In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership ...
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  • Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty ... Truman, whose personal style contrasted sharply with that of the patrician ...
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  • abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... The titles commonly used to name Switzerland in French ( ...
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  • a Christian spiritual movement that arose in the later Middle Ages. The sect ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...
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  • The Battle of Badr ( غزوة بدر ), fought March 17, 624 C.E. (17 Ramadan 2 AH in the Islamic calendar ...
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  • (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...
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  • The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War ( מלחמת יום ... ; (Romanization of Hebrew transliteration) Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim ...
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  • [[Image:Gay flag.svg|thumb|right|400px|The Rainbow flag is the most ... The gay rights movement, or LGBT movement refers to myriad organizations ...
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  • (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according ... for a second time, and in 1941, it entered the Second World War with the ...
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  • , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...
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  • Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... Its name derives from the Latin argentum, meaning silver, and was ...
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  • The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...
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  • military leader, and from 1967 to 1998 the second President of Indonesia ... and died at 86 years old in Jakarta in 2008. The legacy of Suharto's presidency ...
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  • The Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación ... former FSLN allies as well as supporters of the former Somoza regime. More ...
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  • The Comoros (officially the Union of the Comoros) is an island nation ... The Comoros is notable for its diverse culture and history, as a nation ...
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  • Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... power from September 1973 to March 1990, the country has been relatively ...
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  • The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...
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  • The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between Britain and the Zulus ... One of the puzzles of the Anglo-Zulu war is that although the British ...
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  • Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status ... It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much ...
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  • The United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle ... Before 1971, they were known as the "Trucial States" after ...
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  • (b. about 1362 – d. June 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania ... .Endre Bojtár, Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic ...
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  • ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... Whatever the motivation, deep state usually refers to a conspiracy ...
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  • Polish statesman, Field Marshal, first Chief of State (1918–1922) and dictator ... Jerzy Jan Lerski. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. (Greenwood ...
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  • The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... Denmark borders the Baltic Sea on the southeast and the North Sea ...
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  • Antigua and Barbuda is a three-island nation located in the eastern ... The islands' indigenous people became virtually extinct not long ...
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  • الحسيني). He was also known by the kunya Abu `Ammar (أبو عمّار ... of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) (1993–2004). Arafat ...
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  • Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country ... Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ...
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  • Hazing refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating ... Hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including ...
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  • Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), ... The country, which by the end of the twentieth century resembled that ...
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  • Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 328 in the ... Wounded Knee Creek rises in the southeastern corner of the Pine Ridge ...
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  • ), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served ... Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III ...
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  • The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United ... The House of Commons evolved at some point during the fourteenth century ...
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  • capital, Halifax, is a major economic center of the region. It is the fourth ... The province includes several regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of ...
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  • . Transliterated Grigorii Evseevich Zinov'ev according to the ... – August 25, 1936), known also under the name Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich ...
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  • The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...
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  • Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway. It is also a municipality ... According to the Norse legends, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ...
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  • Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...
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  • The Chechen Republic or, informally, Chechnya, (sometimes referred ... In November 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Chechnya ...
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  • htm South Africa grows to 44.8 million], on the site [http://www.southafrica ... The Zulu are a South African ethnic group of an estimated 17-22 million ...
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  • The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... Monaco is the world's most densely populated state and second ...
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  • Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples ...
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  • Blythe III on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United ... During Clinton's presidency, the world continued to transition ...
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  • Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern ... contributed to rapid industrialization; by the 1890s, the country had begun ...
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  • Тито, May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second ... Tito died on May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana hospital of post-surgery complications ...
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  • Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...
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  • George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the ... The Bush family has a significant history in United States politics ...
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  • is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...
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  • The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...
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  • Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... some might say arbitrarily partitioned by the former colonial powers. Pan ...
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  • January 25, 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served ... Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union ...
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  • On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces ... In estimating the death toll from the attacks, there are several factors ...
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  • Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Tantawi, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, became the ...
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  • The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the ... French Union forces included colonial troops from the whole former ...
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  • align:center;" | [[Image:Elizabeth I of England - coronation portrait ... Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603) was Queen of England ...
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  • Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked ... On taking power, the communist government imposed a Soviet-style command ...
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  • The First World War, known as the Great War before 1939 and as World ... The legacy of the war, in many respects, was World War II, which was ...
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  • Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... The region was once inhabited by the ancient Thracians, and was later ...
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  • The 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, sometimes referred to as the ... A subsequent USAF investigation blamed the accident on several factors ...
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  • Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...
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  • Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its people, culture ...
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  • He was an influential politician in the early days of the Soviet Union ... Trotsky's ideas form the basis of the Communist theory of Trotskyism ...
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  • The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil ... Defeat in World War I and the February and October Revolutions in ...
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  • ) sometimes referred to by the name Seyyed Ruhollah Mosavi Hendizadeh ... cleric and marja (religious authority), and the political leader of the 1979 ...
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  • | order=36th President of the United States | date1=November 22, 1963 ... | date of birth=August 27, 1908 | place of birth=Stonewall, Texas ...
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  • , was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces ...
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  • The Boshin War|{{linktext|戊|辰|戦|争|Boshin Sensō|extra="War ... was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ...
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  • Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is one of ... After a protracted war for independence, then decades of socialist ...
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  • Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... Arab geographers, for over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent ...
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