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- (January 1, 1907 – November 10, 1982) was the effective ruler of the Soviet ... However, the USSR may have over-reached itself during his watch. While ...24 KB (3,435 words) - 15:34, 28 April 2023
- ” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked ... The name "Kyrgyz," both for the people and for the nation ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- fish, shellfish, or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- The Czech Republic also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is ... As Czechoslovakia, independence was gained after World War I, but ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- - ) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United ... With her election as Speaker, Pelosi became the first female Speaker ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Silver iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) are the most commonly ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... From its headquarters in Independence, Missouri, the church places ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- ) is a Japanese trading company and one of the largest sogo shosha ... Marubeni's name combines the Japanese words for "circle ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- | order=38th President of the United States | date1=August 9, 1974 ... | date of birth=July 14, 1913 | place of birth=Omaha, Nebraska ...30 KB (4,483 words) - 16:46, 21 May 2024
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... Awolowo was well aware that the challenge of holding Nigeria's ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- Nauru (pronounced “now-roo”), officially the Republic of Nauru ... economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- Ludwig Gumplowicz is believed to have coined the term "ethnocentrism" ... Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018) was ... During the final days of the Cold War, he was responsible for managing ...41 KB (6,202 words) - 16:48, 20 May 2024
- Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan ... Niger was an important economic crossroad, and the empires of Songhai ...18 KB (2,433 words) - 21:41, 31 July 2023
- Middle school, also known as Junior High school, is a school in the ... The middle school years are a significant time in compulsory schooling ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 17:33, 9 November 2022
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences and migrations ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations ... Each side wanted to unite the Korean peninsula under its own political ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [http://www.aseansec.org/64 ... AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc) ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- politician and scientist who served as the chancellor of Germany from ... Merkel was considered by Forbes Magazine to be the "most powerful ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress ... As the son of the wealthy Indian barrister and politician Motilal ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World ... The Security Council requires all five permanent members to agree ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ... Genocide has been deemed criminal by the United Nations, as well as ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... From 1991 to 2002, the country suffered greatly under the devastating ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... In 1895 the name "Rhodesia" was applied to the Ndebele territory ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It also ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- 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 ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 13:13, 20 May 2024
- Censorship is the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech ... While humankind remains self-centered and unable to develop a world ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) is one of the world's foremost exemplary ... Confucius taught personal and public morality, correctness of social ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- (April 20, 1808 – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French ... been solely due to his own moral failings. The leaders and the people of ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- has led to violent attacks against the clergy, vandalism against ... Often directed against the Catholic Church and clergy, anti-clericalism ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937-September 9, 1945) was ... Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特別行政區 ... (香|香 港|港), is one of the two special administrative regions ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- Helen Elizabeth Clark (born February 26, 1950) was the 37th Prime ... Loosing the 2008 election, she was appointed foreign affairs spokeswoman. ...30 KB (4,497 words) - 15:18, 25 January 2023
- Luanda (formerly spelled Loanda) is the capital and largest city of ... came under Portuguese rule in 1575, and was the Atlantic slave trade center ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... The islands' proximity to South America has influenced its culture ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United ... The term neoconservative was originally used as a criticism against ...51 KB (7,336 words) - 04:32, 11 March 2023
- (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- This article deals with the government-funded school provided for ... or local government agencies as part of public education, are the most ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- non-governmental organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning ... and was shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), an iconic symbol of the ... Conceived by the East German administration of Walter Ulbricht and ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... After joining the Communist movement while a student in France and ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- The terms Hmong (IPA: [m̥ɔ̃ŋ] ) and Mong ( [mɔ̃ŋ] ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- 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 ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly-landlocked ... Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) ...41 KB (5,990 words) - 14:07, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- 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 ...32 KB (4,718 words) - 17:40, 9 March 2024
- The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective ... Various organizations and institutions including the United Nations ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Freedom of speech is the ability to speak without censorship or limitation ... Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... Through such international bodies as the Inter Action Council, Schmidt ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- 29, 1932 - September 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May ... His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- (May 21, 1944 - ) was the first female President of Ireland, serving ... political office. Robinson resigned the presidency four months ahead ...34 KB (5,329 words) - 08:42, 10 March 2023
- At the Fifteenth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet ... To oversee the radical transformation of the Soviet Union, the party ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the ... Its population of 202,000, most of whom live along the coast, is very ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024
- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 14:57, 21 May 2024
- organization based on common control of the means of production as ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- discrimination baring his advance in the department of agriculture ... Woo Jang-choon was born at a difficult time in Korean history, at ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:29, 17 May 2023
- The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the ... French Union forces included colonial troops from the whole former ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published ... are explained to a wider audience. In the past, scientists interested ...13 KB (1,844 words) - 17:24, 25 January 2023
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... Arab geographers, for over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar ... After Jesuits introduced Western astronomy into China during the seventeenth ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader ... In his book, Soul on Fire, he renounced many of his former attitudes ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2024
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... attract upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... power from September 1973 to March 1990, the country has been relatively ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- 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 ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country that ... Historians believe the vast steppes of Kazakhstan were where humans ...51 KB (7,364 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2022
- – September 11, 1971) assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the ... Khrushchev is remembered for his rejection of the “personality cult” ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... Its geographic position as a small, wedge-shaped country between the ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... An Islamic nation, it is home mainly to the Tajiks, who share culture ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ... The chief cause of the war cause was Ho Chi Minh’s desire to establish ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in ... Founded in 723, Kathmandu was ruled by the Malla Dynasty from the ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- ) (June 28, 1921 – December 23, 2004) presided as the twelfth Prime ... He led one of the most important administrations in India's modern ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo, often referred to as DRC or ... Formerly the colony of Belgian Congo, the country's post-independence ...43 KB (6,213 words) - 09:27, 28 January 2024
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... The Libray has been guided by the "belief that universal access ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... Ever since the Nazi concentration camps were discovered, the term ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
