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| A region of a country granted a measure of self-rule being fully independent of that country |
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| The fragmentation of a political area into many smaller independent units, as in former Yugoslavia in the Balkan peninsula |
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| The name used to refer to Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg |
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| The declining population of many euro countries due to low birth rates |
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| Nuclear disaster in 1986 Ukraine |
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| Commonwealth of Independent States comprising former soviet states excluding Baltic countries (ELL) |
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| The average weather conditions, including temperature, precipitation and winds of an area over an extended period of time |
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| Competition between US and Soviets after WWII-1991 |
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| Transfer of plants and animals between Europe and Americas after Columbus's voyages |
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| Centrally planned economy representative of the Soviets, government determines everything |
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| Power being transferred from central gov to smaller portions of gov such as states |
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| Russia's transition after USSR dissolution from command economy to free market, Boris Yeltsin oversaw |
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| bodies of water and their surrounding coastal habitats typically found where rivers meet the sea |
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| The Common Market began in 1950s comprising 27 nations |
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| Currency under the EU, coin of the realm since 2002, not all nations accept |
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| Policies introduced by Gorbachev in 80s, allowed more democratic political system, more expression, market oriented economy |
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| Ocean current running from US east coast eastward and reaches Europe, apart of North Atlantic Drift |
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| Nazi attempted extermination of all jews, roma, and homosexuals |
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| Rapid advances in technology starting in Mid 18th century Britain |
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| rebound of land compressed under ice during last ice age |
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| The establishment of colonies in a continental hinterland as opposed to overseas |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military alliance |
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| Warm current from tropical Atlantic ocean that drifts north and east and moderates temperatures of western Europe, aka gulf stream |
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| piece of land protruding into water |
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| Movement for reformation within communist party of Russia under Gorbachev |
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| Permanently frozen subsoil |
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| A city that dominates a countries urban scene and is larger than the countries 2nd and 3rd largest cities combined |
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| Shift of ownership of economic activities from state to non government |
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| Most of Russia is eastern orthodox |
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| Dramatic rise in death rates and decline in birth rates after breakup of USSR |
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| Effort to implant Russian culture into non-Russian regions of former USSR and eastern europe |
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| Any place that people hold in reverence, such as places of worship, cemeteries and battlefields |
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| Second Russian Revolution |
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| The collapse of the soviet union in 1991 |
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| Part of Russia East of Ural Mountains |
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| The specific geographic location of a given place |
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| The accessibility of that site and the nature of the economic and population characteristics of that locale |
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| Placing power in an organization that is in theory higher than the state (EU, NATO) |
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| A northern coniferous forest in Russia, Largest forest in world, 20% of worlds forest, half of coniferous trees |
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| Mountains that divide Russia in half |
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| Former military alliance consisting of USSR and Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria |
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