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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
and from an American nuclear expert who helped clean-up the former USSR. Also, the performance artist protesting about the growing divide between rich and poor, and the first editor of Vogue ...
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Russian peacekeepers carry out mine clearing effort in Nagorno-Karabakh’s school
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory that had been part of Azerbaijan before the Soviet Union break-up, but primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, broke out in February 1988 ...
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Baltic States Break Free From Soviet-Era Energy Grid
The Baltic states are disconnecting from the Russian IPS/UPS electricity grid and joining the Continental European grid on February 9th. This move is a significant step towards energy independence ...
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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
Hear from two of those leaders Show more In December 1991 the leaders of three Soviet Republics - Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia - signed a treaty dissolving the USSR. They did it without asking ...