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(Encyclopedia) Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy byĭlˈhərət-dnĕstrôfˈskyē [key], Rus. Belgorod-Dnestrovsky,…Russia Annexes Crimea
Putin Moves to Reclaim Region After Referendum Vladimir PutinRelated Links Ukraine Country Profile Crimea Vladimir Putin Country…July Current Events 2023: World News
Top of Page U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…Guide to New Nations: Eastern Europe
by David Johnson Belarus When it was part of the Soviet Union, Belarus was the Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republic. After it declared its independence in August 1991, it was…Simferopol
(Encyclopedia) SimferopolSimferopolsēmfyĭrôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 344,000), capital of Crimea, on the Salgir River and on the Sevastopol-Kharkiv rail line. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the…Shushkevich, Stanislav Stanislavovich
(Encyclopedia) Shushkevich, Stanislav Stanislavovich, Belarusian Stanislau Stanislavavich Shushkevich, 1934–, Belarusian political leader and scientist, first head of state of independent Belarus…Khotin
(Encyclopedia) KhotinKhotinkhətyēnˈ [key], city, SW Ukraine, on the Dniester River. It lies in Bessarabia in an agricultural district and has agricultural and food-processing industries. Located on…Eshkol, Levi
(Encyclopedia) Eshkol, LeviEshkol, Levilāˈvē ĕshˈkôl [key], 1895–1969, Israeli statesman, third prime minister of Israel, b. Ukraine; originally named Levi Shkolnik. In World War I he served in the…Chernihiv
(Encyclopedia) ChernihivChernihivchĭrnyēˈhĭf [key], Rus. ChernigovChernihivchĭrnyēˈgəf [key], city (1990 est. pop. 296,000), capital of Chernihiv region, in N Ukraine, on the Desna River. It is a…Yevpatoriya
(Encyclopedia) YevpatoriyaYevpatoriyayĕfpətôˈrēə [key], city (1989 pop. 109,000), E Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the…Trending
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