Turkmenistan is a country full exciting and wonderful things that most people do not know. ... Turkmenistan is a country located in the Middle East and somewhat in central Asia. ... It is the same case for children in Turkmenistan they originally were not allowed to do much at all but they are gaining the ability to do more as the country develops. ... Though Turkmenistan played no role the country that it was played one of the bigger roles in WWII and that lead to the fall of the USSR and the rise of the many countries that came from it. ... Turkmenistan is 488,100 km squared which is the fi...

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They were by far the largest group in the country but they were also the poorest. ... The government's policies to develop industries had had disastrous effects on the people. ... To try to develop industry the government paid workers the lowest wages possible whilst taxing them very highly. They also borrowed money from other countries. ... The people lost faith in their country and ordered changes. ...

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He believed in socialism in one country. ... As heavy industry was being developed, agriculture was to be collectivized as a part of achieving Stalin's goal to make Russia a stronger state. ... In 1928, one of Stalin's goals was to rapidly develop heavy industry in Russia. ... Stalin knew that his country was behind many countries industrally and feared that if he did not do somthing he would be taken over by enemies. ... Stalin now had the Country that he need to produce a great army. ...

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A dispute between once allied countries arose in the Post-WWII era. ... This controversy's caused spies to enter into the opposition's country. ... The theory of total destruction of the other country was based on three ideas. ... The first satellite, Sputnik, was developed by the USSR and used to monitor the other countries movements/developments of their nuclear warheads. ... They all were being stolen from country then stolen back and the process continued. ...

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Computer technology had just begun to develop, and I decided that it would be very good to keep up with the times. ... At that, time big political and economic changes started in my country. ... Trade developed slowly but gradually. ... I never thought about immigrating to another country. ... I tried to become acquainted with as many people as possible, having a great number of new people to develop my English. ...

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Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another country or to show their power. ... Nuclear weapons have led to greater tensions between not only some Asian countries but also many other countries around the world. ... The underlying threat from North Korea is that they could sell nuclear information or technology to another nation that is wants to develop a nuclear weapons program . ...

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A Command Economy The collapse of the USSR came from the poor performance of the country's economy. ... Due to this lack of efficiency the Soviet Union never developed any substantial consumer industries or exports. Exports help countries develop economic stability and without them the Soviet economy struggled. ... The country was in serious trouble by 1985. ... The USSR owed $US30billion to Western Countries. ...

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The Russian Federation was the most developed of the formed nations. ... In order to research the economic impacts, I will be looking at the country's financial state in terms of nominal GDP, value of the ruble currency (with levels of hyperinflation), and the distribution of wealth among the population. ... This sparked tensions for jobs and urban space, causing the Russian economy to develop around the regional centers of Moscow and St. ... The purpose of this publication is to present a thesis on the economic changes that occurred in post-Soviet Russia and how that played a role in the...

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In the first five years, he built up heavy industry and developed new areas of the Soviet Union. New military weapons were produced or bought from foreign countries. ... Since Stalin was trying to expand his country and expand communism to other countries, he had to build a strong state to defend against western capitalists. ... Stalin then expanded the communist system to other countries of eastern Europe. These countries were under Stalin's rule and were called "satellite countries." ...

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However, the main countries involved, or the ones leading the two sides were the United States and Russia. ... But these intense rivalries didn't just go on in the type of government that should be used or in who could develop the most advanced and most powerful nuclear weapon of the time. ... America was a young nation and it was just beginning to develop into a dominant country. ... This was another way of showing off to other countries how life was or wasn't. ... Once again, the United States was portraying how great life was in America compared to other countries. ...

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In fact in his inaugural address he told the nation that he would develop agood neighbor? ... In fact, it had been so involved with a conflict few people understood, that riots and protests had broken out all over the country. A whole subculture, the hippy movement, had developed among teens opposed to the war. ... But most Americans believe it is not realistic for the country to withdraw from world affairs. ... economy, culture, and technological advancement is greatly rooted its relationships with other countries. ...

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Therefore communist countries in the Warsaw pact helped each other when one country was in a rough situation. ... He believed that the best way to do it was to use terror in the country. ... This policy removed Ceausescu's potential rivals before they were able to develop their own power. If they did develop he would kill them, which he did in the case of Vasile Milea, the defense minister . ... He also wanted to be independent from western countries. ...

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As the WWII drew to a close in 1945, European countries involved in the war were left with debilitated lands, economies, armies, and in some cases, even governments. ... More people had been killed in the Soviet Union during both world wars than in any other country involved. ... To this effect, Marshall Plan developed which offered financial aid to any European country that requested help for its post-war recovery. The Soviets urged their allies to reject this plan, and began to provide their own aid to these countries instead. ... Under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty, 10 Western Euro...

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Other European countries faced the same emergency; in fact, the blow to Europe had nearly decimated the continent. ... This led to difficulties, because there were different intentions of the countries in charge. ... Every defeat could develop a momentum that endangered the balance between those two, even if it was only of symbolic relevance. ... Not as much as a country that needed help to recover from war destruction but as a source for reparations. ... Truman emphasized that the USA was the only country that was able to restore freedom and a free-market economy in that country. ...

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His attempts to save Soviet communism became more difficult as all the former Soviet Eastern Bloc countries broke away from the USSR by 1989. ... The arms race with the United States depleted the country of the resources that could have gone into improving the living standards. Russia did become a developed nation under communist rule, but other problems soon deteriorated any stability it might have gained during the years of Lenin and Stalin. ...

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What events developed after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, starting the first global war? ... How did the war affect the role of women in the involved countries? ... Food production in the country nearly trickled to a halt, and a rationing system was put in place. ... The countries involved in the war weren't ready to stop fighting; neither side was ready, willing or able to end the battle. ...

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This examination will facilitate the process because both films focus on how individual roles have progressed in different developing stages in China. ... China was starting to catch up with some developing country during the first few five-year plans. As a result, Tianmin Ma's story shows Chinese strong enthusiasm and ambition of competing with other developing countries, even developed ones. ...

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Welsh, "Central and Eastern European countries had reached a level that was considered conducive to the emergence of pluralistic policies" (19). ... As such, the nations in Eastern and Central Europe were seen as "anomalies in socioeconomically highly-developed countries where particularly intellectual power resources have become widespread" (Welsh 19). ... Economically, they were poised to unite with one of the richest countries, having one of the strongest economies, in the entire world. ... The privatization issue is among the thorniest involved in any country's transi...

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After this day, the people of Russia had developed a very cold image and misunderstanding image for the Czar. ... Stage 6 Lenin now had to think about governing his country; it is believed that one man can never satisfy all the needs for being a government. In his struggle to seek help in running his country he had to create a Bureaucracy; the man that would come to lead this bureaucracy was Joseph Stalin. ... Communism had spread across Europe and the Far East; some countries may have not adopted Communism but had used many of its ideas. There were countries who were against Communism, bu...

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One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. ... This shows that Canada, being only a "middle-power- in the world, spends more than the United Nations, which represents all but four of the world's countries. ... The $100 billion or so spent on weapons by developing countries is three times what it would have cost to provide essential health care, medicines, vaccinations, clean water, and sanitation for all."" ...

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EU has increased largely the last couple of years and almost all countries in Europe want to be a part of this Union. In a near future the majority of the European countries will probably have Euro as their currency, this to is a step for a more united Europe and an important part in globalization. ... Since the fall of communism, countries in the former Soviet block are now moving towards Western-style and can be integrated with the rest of Europe, instead of being isolated from it (Giddens 2001). ... All the "new" developed technologies like computers; cell phones etc. give people enormou...

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The Cold War tensions were heightened when both the United State and the USSR soon developed hydrogen bombs, and both powers tested their nuclear power (Kiellogg 269). ... The American government did not want to invade a Communist country for fear of retaliation by the Soviets or the Chinese (Healy 3). ... The others besides these two were composed of countries that were poorer, lacked political stability, independent, and nonaligned. ... In the Cold War world, countries related to the two superpowers as allies, satellites, clients, neutrals, and nonaligned. "In the post Cold War world, ...

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China is undoubtedly the fastest growing country in the world. ... China is one of the only nine countries that possesses nuclear weapons. They maintain embassies in 162 countries and they are the most populous country in the world. ... He also finds it important to help other developing countries become international players. ... Being hegemon means being able to prevent or force another country to do something. ...

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Cuban missile crisis was started while the Soviet union were pointing missiles at United States to stop us from emerging lead of the United States in developing and deploying strategic missiles. ... The 2 countries sent back and forth many letters of proposing missile installations. ...

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He was never actaully in the action wasnt aware of what was going on.Stalin believed that the whole country should function as one; the state and the masses intertwined, it thus made sense that he wanted the Soviet culture to reflect socialism He felt cultural heroes should be the workers, who through selfless dedication to the state helped create a utopia The sphere where Stalin exerted all of his influence from was the political. His ruling style developed as something unique and distinctive to his psychological background. ...

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