The Soviet Union was a horrible and the most powerful communist state that has ever existed. It was created by the merger of a ton of socialist countries in Eastern Europe and North Asia that all collectivized into one incredibly centralized state. The Communist Party took over in the October Revolution of 1917 led by Vladimir Lenin fighting against the Mensheviks. They established themselves as the sole ruling party of the Soviet Union‚ and placed their headquarters in Moscow‚ Russia. The Soviet
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and downwind. Two of the Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident‚ they received high doses from external gamma radiation. More people died a few weeks later due to radiation poisoning. The greatest contamination occurred around Belarus‚ Russia‚ and Ukraine. Some amounts of radioactive materials were deposited in the urban areas near the power plant. However‚ their residents were evacuated quickly so that they avoided being exposed to high levels of external radiation. Other urban
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Essay Shaping of the Transformation of Authoritarian Regimes: The Role of Different Actors By Cholpon Kenesh ___________________________________________________________________________ The Arab Spring has assured the world yet again that authoritarian regimes‚ later or sooner‚ will face social explosion. While the new information technology and widespread access to the Internet were catalysts during the uprising in Arab countries ravaged by electoral fraud‚ corruption and economic deterioration
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almost bleak and rainy in some spots like over on the top right side of the painting it is still meant to be taken as euphoric and amative. Afremov is a sixty-nine year old man who is half Russian and half Jewish. He was born and raised in Vitebsk‚ Belarus but this particular art piece was made in Boca Raton‚ Florida. The painting is 36” wide x 30” high. Just like all of Leonid Afremovs other pieces of art this one is also an oil painting. He used a palette knife to apply the colors to the canvas. Although
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According to the United Nation (UN)‚ these victims span the globe‚ being trafficked from 127 countries to be exploited in 137 countries. Most of the slaves come from countries such as Albania‚ Belarus‚ China‚ Romania‚ Russia‚ and Thailand‚ while the most frequent destinations for traffickers are in Asia‚ followed by the advanced industrial states of western Europe and North America and a number of states in the Middle East (Including Israel)."
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Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) In the economic field of agency theory‚ which one of the following is viewed as an agent with the principals who are most importantly the firm’s shareholders? A) managers B) employees C) attorneys D) suppliers 2) The cash manager at AmFlex Company needs to buy 1‚000‚000 British pounds to pay a British supplier. A currency broker quotes him a bid-ask
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Country Analysis A Brief Background of Lithuania Republic of Lithuania is a country situated in northern Europe. It is situated to the east of Sweden and Denmark and borders Latvia‚ Belarus‚ Poland and Russia. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3 million as of 2012‚ and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. The Lithuanians are a Baltic people‚ and their official language is Lithuanian. Lithuania was inhabited by various Baltic tribes before it was united in 1230 by Mindaugas‚ who was crowned
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considered polite to? Ans: Refuse offers of more food at least three times. Q16: In India one should never offer some one food from their plates? Ans: True. Q17: Dropping your chopstick in China is considered as bad luck? Ans: True. Q18: In Belarus what is the most popular drink at a business gathering? Ans: Vodka. Q19: In Bolivia banana should be eaten with a knife and fork? Ans: True. Q20: At a dinner in Hong Kong where will the guest of honor be seated? Ans: Opposite the host.
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Artist Reference and Response – Leonid Afremov Leonid Afremov (born 12 July 1955 in Vitebsk‚ Belarus) is a Russian–Israeli modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oil paints. He works in very thick layers‚ and his exaggerated‚ intensified colours tend to merge and fuse together to create a dramatic scene or landscape. In these two images‚ he has contrasted light pale washes against harsh‚ bright and thick textures‚ such as some of the clouds in the landscape image
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The Basic Information for the Nuclear Power Plant Diaster Chernobyl Chernobyl was rated as one of the safest nuclear power stations. It is a small town near the Ukraine near the Belarus border. In 1986 the U.S.S.R. generated roughly 10% of the world’s nuclear power from only 43 operating reactors. They produced 27‚000 mega watts of electric. There were two explosions of the Chernobyl Nuclear power station. The first explosion destroyed the core of reactor number 4. The 2nd explosion was
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