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| | Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Russia, having suffered a severe diplomatic setback at the Congress of Berlin (see Berlin, Congress of, 1878), eventually abandoned the Three Emperors’ League with Germany and Austria-Hungary and in 1892 entered into an alliance with republican France. | | | The nomination was rejected by parliament, however, and Yevgeny Primakov, a compromise candidate agreeable to reformers and Communists, became the prime minister in September; two Communists became ministers in the government. | | | Among his reforms, the liberation (1861) of the serfs (see Emancipation, Edict of) was the most far-reaching, but significant changes were also made in local government, the judicial system, and education. |
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| | Russia - Atlapedia Online |
| | On March 31, 1992 the 18 of the 20 sovereign republics signed a federal treaty that established the Russian Federation, with Tartarstan endeavoring to gain a separate agreement with the federation and Checheno-Ingushetia announcing its independence. | | | Following which the Supreme Soviet declared Yelstin's decree null and void, and proclaimed Rutskoy as President who in turn dismissed Yeltsin and three key ministers that led to a political impasse. | | | Yeltsin banned the Parliament's (Supreme Soviet) private army following Khasbulatov's continual demands that the government be subordinate to it rather than the president. |
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| | <Turkistan-Newsletter> Analysis 97:1-4, 4 June 1997 |
| | To assure his loyalty to Russia, the president of | | | legal end of the sovereignty of his republic, the Tatarstan president | | | the Tatarstan Republic M.Shaimiev became one of the leading members and |
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| | Pravda.RU:Copenhagen Stalls. Russia Asks Soviet Republics for Help |
| | RF Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov said at the opening of a session of the CIS defense ministers that the Foreign Ministry sent diplomatic notes to all former Soviet republics, the Baltic states first of all. | | | The head of the Chechen administration says: “Zakayev is a Russian citizen, and if Russian law enforcement structures provide enough evidence proving his guilt, he must be extradited to Russia.” | | | PRAVDA.Ru Russia VS. Denmark : Who Will Lose? |
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| | Some Soviet and Post-Soviet National and Linguistic Problems in the Slavic Republics (States):Russia, Ukraine, Belorus |
| | In Belorus, the law passed in 1990, making Belorussian the state language, had laid down that the transition period for introducing Belorussian as the state language would take from three to ten years. | | | This was the policy used in making appointments to prominent posts in the republic. | | | All the new states were defined as nation states and only Russia was left ostensibly as a multi-national state, with the Russians (russkie) appearing as one of the nations and all her citizens being called "rossiiane". |
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| | Russia |
| | (USSR); the Russia Federation was established in 1991 when the USSR disintegrated and the former RSFSR became an independent nation. | | | Vladimir Putin - Prime Minister and President of Russia by Beth Rowen Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his... | | | Jewish group wracked by turmoil as rabbi is unable to return to Russia (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) |
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| | GLOBAL STUDIES: Russia, The Eurasian Republics, and Central/Eastern Europe, 9th Edition |
| | Russian president Valdimir Putin's goal is to create an important place in the world order for post-Soviet Russia, one where Putin feels his country rightfully belongs. | | | At best, Yeltsin's legacy was a footnote to his country's move toward a new role in the world. | | | Ideally, Russia would like to be treated as an equal to the United States, both economically and militarily. |
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| | Russia acknowledges former republics' sovereignty |
| | Then in 2003, reformist Mikhail Saakashvili became president in Georgia, bringing down his predecessor, Eduard Shevardnadze, who was Soviet foreign minister before the collapse. | | | Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Moscow views the two former republics "as absolutely sovereign, absolutely equal states in the new geopolitical architecture." | | | The three Baltic nations -- Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia -- quickly aligned themselves with the West, but the other former republics largely were treated by Moscow as if the Kremlin still had a say. |
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| | Russia News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News |
| | Russia Angered by Zakayev Statement on Nalchik Crisis, Urges London to Act | | | Matviyenko will not run for president in 2008 | | | Kazakhstan President signed Law on amendments to subsoil use legislation |
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| | Soviet Union article - Soviet Union Russian tr. Eurasia 1922 1991 Soviet Socialist Republics Russia - What-Means.com |
| | Revolutionary activity in Russia began with the Decembrist Revolt, uncovered in 1825, and although serfdom was abolished in 1861, its abolition was achieved on terms unfavorable to the peasants and served to encourage revolutionaries. | | | According to the most recent Soviet Constitution of 1977, the Soviet Union theoretically was a federal state consisting of fifteen republics joined together in a voluntary union and the government had a federal structure (see Constitution of the Soviet Union). | | | The first Republics were established shortly after the October Revolution of 1917. |
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| | Map of Russia - RussiaTrek.com |
| | These subjects are of equal federative rights in the sense that they have equal representation (2 delegates each) to the Federative Council of Russia. | | | 21 autonomous Republics: They have an own constitution and legislative and are in fact independent states just being represented by Russia in external affairs. | | | Russia consists of 7 federal districts, that are divided into 89 "subjects". |
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| | Russia's Unruly Republics [Free Republic] |
| | Yeltsin once admitted that the war in Chechnya had been one of his worst mistakes in office. | | | New Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may have declared that he can win the latest conflict in Dagestan in weeks, but it will prove to be a hollow promise - especially since the time span of prime ministers in office under President Boris Yeltsin has been measured in mere months. | | | This is a development which Moscow cannot allow under any circumstances. |
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| | CRL - Russia & Former Soviet Republics |
| | It is also known as the British diplomatic blue book series, 1801-1899. | | | Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to commercial relations between the United States and Russia/the Soviet Union, 1910-1949. | | | This is a continuing set of microfiche of titles in the humanities and social sciences. |
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http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=46
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| | JP Catalogue - Russia and The Republics - Legal Materials |
| | If you need answers, turn to the respected publications from Columbia University's Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. | | | Combine analysis and commentary with translations of civil, commercial and investment law for each country you need from a selection of 25 countries. | | | Create your customized Eastern European and Russia & The Republics law library from our unique catalog of research and reference works. |
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| | CCHS -- Modern World History |
| | Europe and Russia - Library of Congress Link Site | | | The first Slavic state in the region grew out of the settlements of the Slavs and the Varangians. | | | All the former republics of the Soviet Union, which ceased to exist in the early 1990's, are now independent states. |
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| | Republics of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Republics differ from other federal subjects in that they have the right to establish their own official language (Article 68 of the Constitution of Russia). | | | The Russian Federation is divided into 89 federal subjects (administrative units), 21 of which are republics: | | | However, as with other federal subjects, governmental sovereignty in a republic is not recognized (Article 3). |
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| | A look at republics in Russia's Caucasus - Boston.com |
| | NORTH OSSETIA -- This republic that has a long border with Ingushetia and briefly touches Chechnya had been largely spared spillover from the Chechen war until September 2004, when a band of Chechen-led terrorists seized hundreds of hostages at a school in the city of Beslan. | | | It once was politically united with Chechnya, but split off in 1992 as Chechen separatist sentiment escalated. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Russia - The Republics of Siberia Russian Information Resource |
| | Tyva was called the Tuva ASSR until the new Russian constitution recognized Tyva, the regional form of the name, in 1993. | | | After being part of the C hinese Empire for 150 years and existing as the independent state of Tannu Tuva between 1921 and 1944, Tyva voluntarily joined the Soviet Union in 1944 and became an autonomous oblast. | | | Gold, cobalt, and asbestos are mined, and the republic has extensive hy droelectric resources. |
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| | Russian Northern Republics, Russia and Northern Republics on RussiansAbroad.com |
| | Altogether, in 1994 the Komi constituted 23 percent of the 1.2 million people of their republic, which had a 58 percent Russian majority. | | | When Karelia first became an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union in 1923, it included only the territory known as Eastern Karelia, which had been Russian territory since 1323. | | | In 1994 the republic's population of about 800,200 was 74 percent Russian, only 10 percent Karelian, 7 percent Belarusian, and 4 percent Ukrainian. |
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| | Youth Mission Evangelism in Switzerland, the Baltic Republics, and Russia |
| | This plan is to be developed by the Evangelization and Church Growth unit, in consultation with the Mission Evangelism unit, the Lithuania Mission Initiative Project Team, the Latvia Support Group, the Estonia Conference, and the Evangelism Committee of the United Methodist Church in Russia. | | | The project "Youth Mission Evangelism in Switzerland, the Baltic Republics, and Russia" skillfully combines these two forms of ministry. | | | Youth Mission Evangelism in Switzerland, the Baltic Republics, and Russia |
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| | Update 1: Report: Ukraine to Leave Ex-Soviet Pact - Forbes.com |
| | Ukraine's economy minister said Friday that his country intended to pull out of an economic pact with three other ex-Soviet republics led by Russia following talks with the Russian trade minister, the Interfax news agency reported. | | | New Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has set the goal of joining the European Union and bringing his nation of 48 million away from Russia's sphere of influence. | | | He said that a committee would be established to discuss bilateral relations with Russia. |
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http://www.forbes.com/associatedpress/feeds/ap/2005/08/19/ap2186424.html
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| | BU Libraries Research Tools Russia and Republics |
| | A Web resource evaluating the following areas: Russia's trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market. | | | To find additional books on Russia and the Former Soviet Republics, use the Boston University online library catalog. | | | This bibliography on Russia and the Former Soviet Republics provides information - books and Web sites - for those interested in doing business or establishing a business in Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. |
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http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/countries/russia.html
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| | Find in a Library: Focus on Russia and the Republics |
| | To find a library, type in a postal code, state, province, or country. | | | Find in a Library: Focus on Russia and the Republics | | | WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. |
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| | Unit 5 : Russia and the Republics : Today's Issues |
| | In 1998, which of the following controlled 40 percent of the private companies in Russia? | | | In the 1990s, which of the following republics struggled against Russia for its independence? | | | Unit 5 : Russia and the Republics : Today's Issues |
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Russia, the Eurasian Republics, and Central/Eastern Europe |
| | The eighth edition of Global Studies: Russia, The Eurasian Republics, and Central/Eastern Europe will continue to provide introductory essays, up-to-date background information, and current statistics on the region. | | | Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union | | | We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. |
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| | The Online Books Page: Browse call numbers: DK |
| | Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship | | | History: General, and Regions Outside the Americas (Go to start of category) | | | Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland (Go to start of category) |
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| | Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations |
| | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. | | | Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #7310319 - The challenge of new pipeline systems in Russia and the republics | | | The challenge of new pipeline systems in Russia and the republics |
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| | WEBCAMS RUSSIA & CIS |
| | Lake Pleshcheyevo (Central Russia) near Pereslavl Zalessky |
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| | Map of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)(Russia) - NONE GIVEN |
| | They offer full satisfaction and normal prices - no markups, no hidden costs, no overcharged shipping costs. | | | Map of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)(Russia) - NONE GIVEN | | | NONE GIVEN Map of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)(Russia) |
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