The policy of the USSR to enforce Soviet-style governments among its satellite states, through military force if needed, became known as the Brezhnev Doctrine, named after Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who was first to publicly declare it, although it was in use since Stalin's times. This doctrine remained in force until it was replaced by the Sinatra Doctrine under Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s. Soviet leadership first tried to stop or limit the changes in Czechoslovakia through a series of negotiations. As their attempts failed ...

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The region is known for its strong Romanian traditions, kept generally in the rural area. It is well known for its woodworks: Impressive churces, houses and gates. The rural areas of the region have few roads, which are often impassable to all but horsecarts or determined walkers. The main tourist attractions in the county are: The cities of Baia Mare and Sighetu Marmaţiei. The villages from the Iza, Mara and Vişeu valley. Wooden Churches of Maramureş Merry Cemetery of SăpânţaSee also:

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The county has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 62 communes. Maramureş County - Municipalities. Baia Mare Sighetu Marmaţiei Maramureş County - Towns. Baia Sprie Borşa Cavnic Seini Târgu Lăpuş Vişeu de Sus Maramureş County - Communes. Ardusat CălineştiSee also:

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Bucharest is the most important centre for the Romanian mass media, since it is the headquarters of all the national television networks as well as national newspapers and radio stations. The largest daily newspapers in Bucharest include Evenimentul Zilei, Jurnalul Naţional, Cotidianul, România Liberă, Adevărul, Gardianul and Gândul. During the rush hours, tabloid newspapers Libertatea and Ziarul< ...

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MaramureÅŸ is known for the persistence of its agricultural traditions, largely unaffected by industrialisation. The region escaped collectivisation under Communist dictator Nicolae CeauÅŸescu, with the result that local people retain a very close relationship with the land. Ploughing, planting, harvesting, hay-making and almost every demand of farming are met by manual labour. The region is a strong mining region - generally metals other than iron; around Baia Mare some industrial complexes were built during the com ...

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Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of SighiÅŸoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the south, the family were in exile as his father had been ousted by pro-Turkish boyars, united under a rival claimant to the throne, Alexandu, who was assisted by Ottoman regiments and Alexandu was now a vassal of the Turkish Sultan. In the same year as his birth, his father, Vlad Dracul, could be found in Nuremberg, wh ...

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Bucharest has had a varied history from ancient times, even though it became Romania's principal city only in the mid-19th century. According to legend, the city was founded by a shepherd named Bucur, even though it is likely that the city was established by Mircea cel Bătrân in the 14th century after a victory won over the Turks (bucurie means "joy" in Romanian). Bucharest was first mentioned as "the Fortress of Bucureşti" in 1459, when it was a residence of the Wallachian prince Vlad Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler). It was then that the Old Royal Court (Curtea Veche) wa ...

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Bucharest - Administration. Bucharest has a unique status in Romanian administration, since it is the only municipality that is not part of a county. Its population, however, is larger than that of any Romanian county, and hence the power of the Bucharest General City Hall (Primăria Generală), which is the city's local government body, is about the same as, if not greater than, that of County Councils. The Bucharest City Hall administers the city and is headed by a General Mayor (Primar General ...

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Main article: Demographics of Albania Most of the population is ethnically Albanian (95% according to the CIA World Factbook Feb 2005), there is a Greek minority (3% of the population), this however could significally vary according to other sources. Many ethnic Albanians also live in the bordering countries of Serbia and Montenegro (around 1,850,000; of that, around 1,800,000 in Serbia (around 1,700,000 in its province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia) only) and around 50,000 in Montenegro) and the Republic of Macedonia (around 500,000). Since 1991, large numbers of Albanians have emigrated, both leg ...

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The crown of Wallachia was not passed automatically from father to son; instead, the leader was elected by the boyars, with the requirement that the Prince-elect be of princely lineage (os de domn - "of voivode bones", "of voivode marrow"), including out of wedlock births. This elective monarchy often resulted in instability, family disputes and assassinations. Eventually, the royal house split between two factions: the descendants of Prince Mircea the Elder, Dracula's grandfather; and those of another prince, Dan II (the DÄ ...

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Main articles: Districts of Albania and Counties of Albania Albania is divided into 12 qark (county or prefecture), which are further divided into 36 rrethe (districts). The capital city, Tiranë, has a special status. The districts are: 1 Berat 2 Bulqizë 3 Delvinë 4 Devoll 5 Dibër 6 Durrës 7 Elbasan 8 Fier < ...

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Actually, this pact was a direct response to the threat of nuclear invasion from the west. The underground source from Kremlin had revealed that an imminent attack on US would establish USSR as the dominant force on this planet. All the Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe were signatories except Yugoslavia. The members of the Warsaw Pact pledged to defend each other if one or more of the members were attacked. The treaty also stated that relations among the signatories were based on mutual noninterference in internal affairs and r ...

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Main article: Geography of Albania Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra reaching up to 2,753 m. The country mostly has a land climate, with cold winters and hot summers. Besides capital city Tirana, with 800,000 inhabitants, the principal cities are Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodër, Gjirokastër, Vlorë and Korçë. In Albanian grammar a word can have indefinite and definite forms, and this also applies to city names: so both Tiranë and T ...

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The predominant industries in the county are: Metalurgy - aluminium and aluminium components. Railway equipment. Food and beverages industry. Textile industry. Mechanical components industry. Agriculture is the main occupation in the county - over 58% of the population having agriculture as their main occupation. Both extensive agriculture, and small scale, vegetables and fruits, are practiced. Th ...

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Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad. The country has to deal with a high unemployment rate, corruption up to high government levels and organised crime. The country has almost no exports, and imports many goods from Greece and Italy. Money for imports comes from financial aid and from the money that emigrants working abroad bring to Albania. This is a good status quo ...

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This county has a total area of 5,498 km². The county lies in a flat area, the Western part of the Romanian Plain crossed by rivers from North to South, the main one - the Olt River giving the county's name. The Danube forms a wide valley in the South, with lots of ponds and small channels, flooded from time to time. ...

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She was elected Liberal MP from Montreal in 1972, becoming the first woman cabinet member from Quebec as Minister of State for Science and Technology under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She was re-elected in July 1974 and given the environment portfolio. In 1975, she was appointed Minister of Communications with responsibility for French speaking countries in the Department of External Affairs. She also opened the first daycare on Parliament Hill. In 1980 Trudeau appointed h ...

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Bucharest is the most important centre of education in Romania, even though other cities such as IaÅŸi and Cluj-Napoca contain a number of prestigious educational institutions. The University of Bucharest is the city's largest and most well-known higher education institution, and, opening in 1694 as the Academy of Saint Sava, it is Romania's first university. In addition to this, Bucharest is home to 20 other higher education institutes, and the city has a un ...

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More than anything else, the historical Dracula is known for his inhuman cruelty. Impalement was Dracula's preferred method of torture and execution, which he had learned in his youth as a prisoner of the Turks. It was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying ever imagined. Dracula usually had a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock. Nor ...

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The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social, ideological, and political innovations. Terms like ideology, world war, genocide, and nuclear war entered common usage and became an influence on the lives of everyday people. War reached an unprecedented scale and level of sophistication; in the Second World War (1939-1945) alone, approximately 57 million people died, mainly due to massive improvements in weaponry. The trends of mechanization of goods and ...

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20th century - Science and technology. The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers to produce more and cheaper products. This allowed the automobile to become the most important means of transportation. The invention of heavier-than-air flying machines and the jet engine allowed for the world to become "smaller". Space flight increased knowledge of the rest of the universe and allowed for global real-time communications via geosynchronous satellites ...

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A spin-off series, Knots Landing, ran from 1979 to 1993. Produced by Leonard Katzman, the television series was one of the first to be distributed globally. Dallas was eventually translated and dubbed into 90 languages in over 67 countries, a record that to this day still stands for an American television series. The "Who Done It?" episode of Dallas that revealed "Who Shot J.R.?", the famous cliffhanger, received the highest domestic ratings at that point with over 90 million American viewers tuning in for the ans ...

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