... to determine a plan or come up with a solution on how to solve the problems pertaining to the Aral Sea, so the research the two authors did on this subject is extremely useful and valuable to them. The investigations of the Aral Sea done by the authors analyzed a number of different things. They researched the initial problem for the sea's downfall and discovered why the sea started to shrink. They closely measured the sea's water level and volume several times. The amount of salinity in the ... water was measured and the ... ...

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... time use their melons as a source of food. Turkmenistan actually has a public holiday called melon day. Turkmenistan is said to have the most public holidays in the world. In Turkmenistan green tea is the primary drink next to water. The tea is sometimes drank with milk. Gatyk is another very popular drink and it's not entirely a drink it is a yogurt that is not watery but it is more a ... 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. One part of the regional conflicts is the religious conflicts that come with...

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... 2013 did not sign a major partnership agreement with the European Union in favor of stronger relationship with Russia. A lot of Ukrainians protested such decision of Yanukovych resulting to various demonstrations and violence. The protesters believed that the parnership with the European Union was a much needed act in order to improve the economic and life condition in Ukraine. The people believed that Ukraine should be friendlier with its European neighboring countries. Thus, this very decision of ... their access to the Black Sea which further means that they would also lose their acc...

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... in 1922. In the Second World War it was occupied by Germany. It remains under the Germans from 1942 to 1944. After liberation from Germans it got under the Crimean Oblast. In 1954 it became part of Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic under Soviet Union. But in 1991 it became part of independent Ukraine as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. As it was the only land which connects Russia to Black Sea ... through Sevastopol " a warm water port. So Russia has always been interested in this land. Moreover this land has also minerals, resources and a solid tourism ... Federation shows 96.77% of ...

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... had been warned of the dates Germany was planning to invade. Stalin thought that Hitler wouldn't risk an eastern war as well as a western; he thought that a war on two fronts was an idea that would never work. Stalin did not want to risk war with Germany, however he hoped to profit from the Western front battle if he could. The shock of Germany ... attacking almost unhinged the Soviet state, and by the autumn German forces had destroyed most of the Red Army and the Russian air force, surrounded and besieged Leningrad. In Leningrad over one million people died of starvation ... many to c...

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1 The History The first Russians came to America in the 17th century. Thy came through the Bering Straight and landed in Alaska, where they hunted blue fox, the fur seal and sea otter which they sold to some Asian countries. Their first colony Kodiak was built in the northwest and their first governor was Baranov. The Colony was growing and the Orthodox Church decided to find a Russian ... Ukrainians. These emigrants are people the Soviet Union did not want back then, because either they were disliked because of prejudices in the own population or because they were criminals. This way many cr...

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... in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons" (Admiral William D.Leahy). Despite the oppositions, most Americans still saw the dropping of the bombs as a victorious act by Truman. The United States had started the developing the bombs in 1939, when Albert Einstein wrote a letter to F.D.Roosevelt, regarding the ... was silent for nearly 20 years regarding the topic of the nuclear bombs. When he finally spoke, onFebruary 1965, he said: "It was a question of savin...

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... stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea including parts of Georgia and Syria, Armenia was at its largest during the early 1st century BC under the rule of King Tigranes. Before the end of the 1st century BC, the Armenian Empire was conquered by the Roman Empire and what is today Armenia, was used as a battleground and buffer zone between the Roman Empire and the Parthians, who ruled Persia. In the 1st century ... by a noble family put in power by the Arabs until small Armenian kingdoms became sovereign. By the 10th century AD, the Byzantine Empire again conquered Armeni...

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... off all travel by land into the sea. The United States did not want to relinquish West Berlin, as part of the Marshall Plan. West Germany had an economic boom and East Germany gradually rebuilt its economy under the Soviets, however, a shortage of skilled workers in West Germany lured many East Germans to flea to the west. East Germans were able to use public transportation to West Berlin and automatically receive West German ... tests that eventually led to the creation of the Hydrogen bomb. This advancement caused the Americans to soon follow with their own Hydrogen bomb as the arms r...

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... all thanks to thee and when the woman I love presents me with the a child the first word it shall utter will be: Stalin." On the other hand during the period of 1934 to 1953 17 million guiltless citizens were sent to their graves (executed), deported or arrested for vague accusation such as links with Kirov's murder, political crimes and disloyal to the USSR. But still people thought of the Stalin as the great " ... speeches about some weird topics. He was deported by ship to the forbidding Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. He is lucky to still be alive today because a thief told him ...

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... land and sea. Nicholas, who had never thought the Japanese would start a war, was forced to surrender to Japan in September 1905. Nicholas II became the first Tsar to lose a war to an Asian nation. An estimated 80,000 Russian soldiers lost their lives in a war that had revealed the Tsar's utter ineptitude at diplomacy and military affairs. By spring of 1905, his fleet was decimated in the Battle of Tsushima. In the wake ... with the government's indifference to their suffering. Inflation had risen and millions were being killed in a war they didn't want. Nicholas was a vain, not very br...

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... and hostility toward those nations that seemed to "participate willingly- in the march to communism. The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration of principles to guide a post-World War II peace settlement. The charter supported the general principles of national self-determination and non-aggression. It resulted from a meeting at sea between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941. It proved to be the ideological base for the United Nations. Poland was seen as a "test ... to schedule. In fact, after Yalta the American policy, more rigidly than the British, remained committed to the Yalt...

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... of this atomic bomb received the code name the Manhattan project. President Truman was the one who made the decision to use the atomic bomb, and one of the most admirable things about president Truman was that despite the scrutiny of the use of the atomic bomb, he stood his ground in the decision he made, he didn't try to push it onto someone else to better his popularity with the people as he quotes, " ... ;Let there be no mistake about it. I regarded the bomb as ... ...

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... the greed framework. The reason behind this greed can be explained in the economical and geo-political significance of Chechnya. Due to its proximity to Azerbaijan and Georgia, which are both rich in oil and natural gas reserves, major pipelines run through the region. Additionally, Chechnya lies between the Caspian and Black Sea, giving it major port access (German). The fear of losing this region along with all the economical bonuses puts Russia in ... a position of greed. The grievances suffered by Chechnya in addition with ... ...

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... forced to work in the mines in appalling conditions and production rose only slightly. After the fall of France to Germany in June 1940, the French exiles formed an interim government in French Morocco. Italy was the first nation to start the war on North Africa. The Italians had 250,000 men in Libya and Cyrenaica and further 200,000 in Abyssinia, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. They menaced communication routes both in the Mediterranean and in the Red Sea. They ... went on to participate in other battles. In the Sicilian campaign, many African troops were anxious to fight the Italians ...

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... in the early portion of the 20th century. In the Treaty of Versailles that actually ended the first World War, the US (namely President Woodrow Wilson) came up with idea to create a grand alliance in order to police the world to prevent another disaster such as had occurred in the trenches of France for the past four years. This was to become known as the League of Nations that, ironically, the ... Americans. In the end the victors concocted another alliance that the US did join: the United Nations. The Yalta Conference meeting in February of 1945 is when the "Big Three" (Soviet Premier J...

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... women and the elderly. As well as the immediate need to save lives, WFP supports relief and recovery through a series of food-for-work projects. Workers are paid with food aid to work on projects such as the rehabilitation of farm land damaged by floods, the restoration of sea dykes and river embankments, the building of irrigation ditches in drought-prone areas and reforestation projects (WFP 2003). Solutions to the problem of ... food shortages in North Korea Much work is needed to be done in order to put North Korea back into a position where ... ...

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... preventing Trotsky from taking over from Lenin. Zinoviev made no secret of his own desire to succeed Lenin and the fact that he sided with Stalin is an indication that he feared Trotsky more than Stalin. Zinoviev once remarked to Trotsky "Can't you see you"re surrounded Your tricks won't work, you"re in the minority, on your own". Trotsky was intellectually brilliant and always ahead of his colleagues ... of speeches declaring eternal loyalty to Lenin's ideas: "Lenin commanded us to keep the unity of the Party as the apple of our eye". Meanwhile, Trotsky had contracted a malarial infectio...

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... changed, 10 millions of Chinese people will migrate till the middle of the 21 century. Such amount of population will be able to form their pretensions of Siberian lands. China has a lot of difficulties with resources and energy which are importing from Australia, USA, Russia, and Canada. In order to decrease the level of import government pay attention to the sea territories of 3 million square kilometers, on which also Vietnam ... , Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are pretending. China is reforming its military navy forces in order to be able to occupy this rich territory. Black coa...

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... when you"re in combat, you don't do chin-ups and push-ups. It's believed that women aren't naturally suited for combat, one might argue that in some ways, they are actually better suited for combat then men. For instance, women are naturally better marksmen then men. They consistently outperform men during training, and often with less experience prior to their military training. One of the great ... that is basically the message that is being sent with this argument, that women shouldn't fight in combat because their life is more valuable, and society wouldn't be able to handle them be...

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... intellectual programs were strongly controlled. Stalin wanted to cripple Germany completely to protect the USSR against future threats. Truman did not want to repeat the mistake of the Treaty of Versailles. By 1946 Stalin's troops effectively controlled the Baltic States, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania. With Communist governments established throughout Eastern Europe, Stalin gradually tightened his control in each country. The secret police imprisoned anyone who opposed Communist ... rule, or might oppose it at a later date.. Churchill described ...

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... would have undoubtedly had Russian casualties, which would have escaladed the situation higher, plus, the American chiefs-of-staff were not convinced that it would be successful either, especially as the offending missile bases were in remote areas and most were well inland. Confidence was also not very high, as the Americans did not want a repeat of the Bay of Pigs fiasco! Thirdly, Kennedy could order an ... air strike against the missile bases only. The problem yet again would be the Russian casualties and the Air Force was not sure it could ... ! Both letters left Kennedy and America...

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... that America is the place to live for the smart and open - minded. "The land of freedom-, they say. "The land of opportunities- they believe. As a foreigner that came here six months ago, and already used to a totally different environment, I'm afraid to say that I don't agree with all the above statements. One of the most important reasons that I chose to come to US in order to continue my studies ... was my curiosity: What's that nation's secret? Why people around me seem to accept America as a de facto "master-? What makes Americans ... of US history I said it before, and I'll keep ...

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... . The revolution deeply affected the minds of millions in Asia and Africa; they were provided with a fresh weapon in the form of the principle of self-determination of all peoples. The success of the Russian Revolution, changed the character of the nationalist revolutions in the colonial world. They were given a new social and economic content. In the political field, the cult of the 'common man' was a major result of Soviet democracy. The proletariat regarded socialism as absolutely necessary to ... complete democracy and make it realistic. Countries like Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, Peki...

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... that 2.9 million Cubans, 40 percent of them women, have jobs. In some families where several persons work, pesos are available to buy better-quality goods. In a major revision of economic policy, the government has abandoned the Communist tenet that all citizens should share equally for their labors. Explains a high official with responsibility for the economy: "We don't want equality. Our society guarantees each Cuban equal possibilities. Everyone competes ... party member who fought in the mountains with Castro during the revolution and now is an industrial manager suddenly says: "Don...

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