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        | large farm leased from the state to groups of peasant farmers, common in the USSR |  | 
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        | a region of evergreen forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions |  | 
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        | sparse, dry, treeless grassland |  | 
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        | the mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia |  | 
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        | Ancient trade routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. |  | 
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        | a round tent-like structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles. Common in Central Asian history |  | 
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        | People from Central Asia who ended up creating the largest single land empire in history in the 12-1300s |  | 
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        | The massacre of Armenians conducted by Turkey during WWI |  | 
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        | lake that has lost 80% of water volume from irrigation projects; runoff with chemicals inside it flows into this lake and has made it polluted |  | 
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