The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world‚ as it covered the sixth of Earth’s land surface. The European part occupied a quarter of the country’s area‚ and was the cultural and economic center. The eastern part of the country extended up to the Pacific Ocean in the east and to Afghanistan in the south. The Soviet Union included 11 time zones and five climatic zones: tundra‚ taiga‚ steppes‚ desert‚ and mountains. Besides‚ the country was extremely rich in various resources: freshwater
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Russia and Soviet Belarus for eight years. Chagall was strongly influenced‚ but not limited to‚ movements such as Cubism‚ Fauvism and Surrealism. These movements are demonstrated in his work through the geometric shapes‚ his use of colour and the seemingly random placement of people and objects in his works. Chagall described his work as‚ “… extravagant art‚ a flaming vermillion‚ a blue soul flooding over my paintings.” Chagall’s childhood in the small country town of Vitebsk‚ Belarus was happy and is
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both Russia and the Russian Federation is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic‚ comprising 83federal subjects. From northwest to southeast‚Russia sharesborders with Norway‚ Finland‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania and Poland‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijan‚ Kazakhstan‚ China‚ Mongolia‚ and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk‚ and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17‚075‚400 square kilometers (6‚592‚800 sq mi)‚ Russia
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Poland Poland is the sixth-largest country in Europe. It is bordered by Germany‚ the Czech Republic‚ and Slovakia in the west and south and by the former Soviet Union republics of Ukraine in the south‚ Belarus in the east‚ and Lithuania in the northeast. The northwest section of the country is located on the Baltic Sea. Named after the Polane‚ a Slavic tribe that lived more than a thousand years ago‚ Poland has beautiful countryside and rapidly growing cities. Rolling hills and rugged mountains
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science or engineering? Why and why not? It is significant to know what happened at Three Mile Island and at Chernobyl even though there regardless of the little interest in science or engineering due to many factors. The Chernobyl accident in Belarus and Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania made us aware that the error in technological systems can result in life destructive situations. Even though there are several benefits and gains from advanced technology‚ engineering and science‚ it
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17% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.72% (2005) Area total: 17‚098‚242 sq km country comparison to the world: 1 land: 16‚377‚742 sq km water: 720‚500 sq km land Boundaries total: 20‚241.5 km border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km‚ Belarus 959 km‚ China (southeast) 3‚605 km‚ China
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before and what are the reasons. To start with‚ one of the most known widespread engineering disasters happened in Soviet Union in 26 April 1986 at 01:23:40 a.m. when a reactor number 4 exploded causing radioactive pollution‚ it effects reach Belarus‚ causing pollution on more than 3‚600 towns and villages‚ and 2.5 million people. According to Larry West it was an operator fault (2012). Secondly‚ in 1975 The Banqiao Reservoir Dam in china failed causing death for over 171000 people and destroying
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Teen Drug Addiction We all heard and read a lot about drug abuse. Although there are many organizations in the whole world trying to fight with this problem‚ the amount of dependent is increasing every year. In my native country‚ in Belarus‚ it became the biggest social problem because it started to affect teenagers. This problem is discussing very often in the schools and colleges. People are trying to figure out the causes of this horror. However‚ the main causes begin at home including: too
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SUMMARY Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ in the Francophone region of Switzerland. He was born on August 9‚ 1896 and he died on September 16‚ 1980 at the age of 84. He was also known as constructivism‚ theory of cognitive development‚ object permanence‚ egocentrism and also a genetic epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge. Piaget was a precocious child who developed an interest in biology and the natural world. In the 1920s Piaget observed children reasoning and understanding differently‚ depending
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Canada’s diversity is celebrated globally‚ but their lack of action towards Indigenous women is not only shameful but breaches their rights to be protected against torture and ill treatment. As stated on Rabble‚ many nations including “Cuba‚ Iran‚ Belarus and Russia [have criticized] Canada’s human-rights record‚ as the Canadian envoy rejected calls to develop a comprehensive national review to end violence against aboriginal women.” (Canada’s Rejection of Inquiry into Violence Against Aboriginal Women
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