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Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna
(Encyclopedia) Alexievich, Svetlana Alexandrovna, 1948–, Belarusian journalist and nonfiction writer, grad. Univ. of Minsk (1972). She was a working journalist before she began writing books in the…Chernomyrdin, Viktor Stepanovich
(Encyclopedia) Chernomyrdin, Viktor StepanovichChernomyrdin, Viktor Stepanovichvyēkˈtôr styĭpänˈəvyĭch chərˌnōmĭrˈdən [key], 1938–2010, Soviet and Russian government official. Beginning in 1957, he…Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic.Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia.Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia.Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mari El.Cuban Missile Crisis
(Encyclopedia) Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba…Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia.Volgograd
(Encyclopedia) VolgogradVolgogradvôlgəgrätˈ [key], formerly Stalingrad, city (1989 pop. 999,000), capital of Volgograd region, SE European Russia, a port on the Volga River and the eastern terminus…Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
(Encyclopedia) Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich mēkhəyēlˈ sĭrgāˈyəvich…Trending
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