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Bishkek
(Encyclopedia)Bishkek fro͞onˈzĕ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 640,700), capital of Kyrgyzstan, on the Chu River and on a branch of the Turkistan-Siberia RR. It is a rail and highway hub and the industrial and cult...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. ...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. ...Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavia: see Moldova. ...Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic or Kirghizia: see Kyrgyzstan. ...Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...communism
(Encyclopedia)communism, fundamentally, a system of social organization in which property (especially real property and the means of production) is held in common. Thus, the ejido system of the indigenous people of...Browse by Subject
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