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| Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia |
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| created by treaty at end of World War I |
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| split peacefully in 1993 in the "Velvet Revolution" |
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| fossilized tree sap found on the Baltic coast |
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| occurred in 1991 and saw 15 new countries go onto the map with many now making a transition from communism to capitalism and democracy |
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| stretches from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea |
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| Moldova, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria |
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| highest peak in Europe and is in the Caucasus Mountains |
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| most important river of eastern Europe for trade and transportation |
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| Soviet Union and United States |
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| allies during World War II against Germany |
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| crowned himself czar of Russia in 1547 |
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| walled complex of government offices, churches and palaces in Moscow |
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| seas that lie off the eastern coast of Siberia |
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| bordered on the north by the Arctic Sea |
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| port city that links Russia with Japan, China, and other trading partners |
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| Japan and Russia dispute the ownership of these islands. |
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| alphabet used for the Russian (and Bulgarian) language |
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| deepest lake on earth; located in Russia |
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| In 1917 Vladimir Lenin led the Bolshevik Party to overthrow the Russian government. |
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| Europe's longest river, located in Russia, and flows south to the Caspian Sea |
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| includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia |
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| valuable deposits of gas and oil lie beneath |
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| nomadic horsemen who later lived on the Ukrainian frontier |
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| horsemen who conquered Ukraine in the 1200's, led by Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai Khan |
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