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May 2021 Current Events: World News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the World…

Russo-Turkish Wars

(Encyclopedia) Russo-Turkish Wars. The great eastward expansion of Russia in the 16th and 17th cent., during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, nevertheless left the shores of the Black Sea in the…

Buenos Aires

(Encyclopedia) Buenos Aires Buenos Aires bwāˈnəs īˈrēz, ârˈēz, Span. bwāˈnōs…

Kyrgyzstan Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Kyrgyzstan Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Kyrgyz Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAccording to…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina bŏzˈnēə, hĕrtsəgōvēˈnə…

Eastern Question

(Encyclopedia) Eastern Question, term designating the problem of European territory controlled by the decaying Ottoman Empire in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th cent. The Turkish threat to Europe was…

anti-Semitism

(Encyclopedia) anti-Semitismanti-Semitismănˌtē-sĕmˈĭtĭzˌəm, ănˌtī– [key], form of prejudice against Jews, ranging from antipathy to violent hatred. Before the 19th cent., anti-Semitism was largely…

Saint Petersburg, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia) Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, Rus. Sankt-Peterburg, city (1990 est. pop. 5,036,000), capital of the Leningrad region (although not administratively part of it) and the…