Borders separating the Slavic world are not exactly boundaries as Serbs easily understand Ukrainians, Ukrainians understand Poles and Poles find it easy to speak with Czech people. ... This territory stretches from Baltic Sea to Ural Mountains and from Caucasus to the White Sea. ... Great Migration, Mongolian Invasion, Napoleonic wars, World Wars I and II are characterized with lots of different people passing through Slavic lands and thus leaving their trace in languages. ...

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Greek and Roman civilizations served as models for the western world. ... Europe has a long coastline, many peninsulas, and is surrounded by many seas. ... The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland lake, covers 143,630 square miles. ... Russia is the world' s largest country. ... The Dead Sea is the earth's saltiest body of water "about 9 times saltier than the oceans. ...

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Marlow questions the insight that Western society shines into the world. ... Standing out in the sea of black and darkness, Marlow notices a "bit of white thread from beyond the seas. . . round his black neck" (21). ... The thread comes from "beyond the seas," from the Western civilization. ... The listeners enter the world of obscurity that Marlow describes and they do not need to travel far. ... British imperialism in the Congo attempted to civilize the Congo when in reality it only transported its own darkness and faults across the seas....

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These pipelines would transport oil and natural gases to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Route 1 The first route runs along the Russian boarders that have an existing pipeline; it leads from the Baku port to Grozny and then to the Black Sea port. ... Another pipeline is being proposed by Unocal, Chevron, Shell, Italy's ENI, and the governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan; it stretches from Baku, Azerbaijan, the main port in the Caspian Sea region, to the Mediterranean Sea port of Ceyhan, Turkey. ... (http://www.treemedia.com/cfrlibrary/library/images/olcottable.gif) Europe consume...

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The journey lasted less than 100 minutes, but it was a landmark occasion nonetheless and the Soviet Union had sent a message to the capitalist world. ... This signal could be heard on radios around the world, and millions tuned in to hear the "beep" which was a gesture of Soviet power. ... Laika captured the hearts of people the world over, and in the public eye the USSR had taken a seemingly unassailable lead in the "Space Race". ... "Vanguard" exploded on the launch pad and was dubbed "Flopnik" and "Stay-putnik" by the world's media. ... By the time that Kennedy had become President...

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Russia is the largest country in the world, extending from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the East. ... With a total population of 149,300,359, Russia is sixth in the world in population, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. ... It is the deepest freshwater lake in the world. The lake is so deep and has such a large surface area that it holds one-fifth of the world's supply of fresh water. ... Tunguska coalfields are among the largest in the world. ...

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After World War II ended in an Ally victory, many European countries lay in ruin due to the repeated bombings they had to endure. ... Bombed bridges, railroads, and sea ports hindered any possible trading, and the United States came to fear that as defenseless as it was, Europe might be the next target for communism. ...

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The most common types of seismic activity in Russia is earthquakes but the country is also subject to tsunamis as most of these earthquakes occur in sea which then causes a tsunami. ... Russia is known to have a peninsula (Kamchatka Peninsula) being one of the most various and active volcanic areas in the world. ... The epicenter was located at 52.64N, 142.83E.The cause of this earthquake was subduction zone as the Kamchatka Peninsula which is the one of the world's largest hot spots indicating the shallow plate subduction may be the cause of this tectonic activity. ...

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Ursus maritimus is the scientific name for a polar bear, directly translating from Greek to English into "sea bear". And a sea bear is just what the polar bear is. ... But, however, despite its aquatic lifestyle and its desire to reside outside on sea-ice year round, though, they are also much like other bears. Most commonly found in or around the ice-covered waters of the Arctic, a scientific explanation approximates that there are anywhere between 25,000 to 40,000 polar bears currently living in the world. ...

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It had a few south-flowing rivers, such as the Dneiper, the Volga and the Western Dvina, that linked the Baltic with the Blacks Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Mediterranean. ... Kievan Rus was introduced into the world as a trading country because of its easy access to the various waterways. ...

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If Russia sells these weapons to third world countries, this could be dangerous to us due to the fact that the origin of our terrorists is the third world countries. The Third World countries being the origin of the new war, the War on Terrorism, this proposes a different type of defense. ... The budget we have now is geared for a great deal of troops in foreign countries, nuclear warheads in numbers far beyond any other countries, air and sea vessels and crafts that are possibly not needed in these high numbers. ...

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### April Fools Day Traditionally April fools day has been celebrated by millions through out the world as just a simple joke or a practical prank that have been practice by young and old alike, there is no age barrier. ... He also noted a lunar forest, sea, lilac-hued quartz pyramids. ... It is wondered if this type of grandeur was inspiring to the great Orson Wells and his dramatic caper he hoaxed with iis members of a theater that created mass hysteria although not and April fools joke but it gave him national fame on Oct. 30th 1938 when he announced the "war of th...

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I think that the First World War was the product of long-standing rivalries rather than a badly mismanaged Balkan Crisis because it was these rivalries that led to the Balkan Crisis. ... Again, Russia felt humiliated and cheated in 1908 when Austria-Hungary absorbed Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia did not gain the Black Sea Straits as promised. ... "Weltpolitik" was developed because Germany was a new country and wanted a share of world power. ... Lloyd-George issued a statement that warned that Britain would be prepared to fight to maintain her position in the world if necessary. ... The of...

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His army was organized and his fleets were clever; enabling Russia to conquer important provinces and sea ports, while holding off enemy attacks. ... Science as well as arts flourished in his provinces and because of the following western reformations, Russians were seen throughout the world as a sociable, honorable people. ...

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While Stalin focused almost purely on building Russia as an important world power, he was sacrificing both the liberties and lives of millions of Russian people. ... As collectivization was forced upon farmers throughout rural areas a problem became obvious; with a high percentage of grain going to the workers (in towns) along with a large sum going over seas in exchange for industrial equipment, peasants in collectives simply weren't receiving enough food. ...

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According to an article written by Dave Damrel in Religious Studies News, the conflict started with the Russian expansion into Caucasia, the remote, rugged, mountainous territory between the Black and Caspian Seas that is home to over thirty different ethnic groups. ... "I hope that the entire civilized world now has understood the nature of international terrorism," Ivanov said in a brief speech. ... Their economy has struggled despite attempts by both the United States and the World Bank to bolster the rupee. ...

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA "This is the only region in the world where so many combinations and permutations of two- three and four- and even two plus four or three plus three- power games can be played on the regional chessboard with all their complexities and variations." ... From 1948 onwards, a more or less clear-cut line divided Europe into two main political and military blocs: the communist bloc and the free world of Western Europe, resulting in an almost perfect bipolarity. ...

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