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The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators. Early elements of the Holocaust include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program, progressing to the later use of killing squads and extermination camps in a massive and centrally organized effort to murder every possi ...

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• The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term
• The Holocaust - Features of the Nazi Holocaust
• The Holocaust - Premeditation
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• The Holocaust - Cruelty
• The Holocaust - Victims
• The Holocaust - Jews
• The Holocaust - Slavs
• The Holocaust - Roma Sinti and Manush 'Gypsies'
• The Holocaust - Gay men
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• The Holocaust - Disabled people
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• The Holocaust - Death toll
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• The Holocaust - Execution of the Holocaust
• The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945
• The Holocaust - Pogroms 1938-1941
• The Holocaust - Euthanasia 1939-1941
• The Holocaust - Ghettos 1940-1945
• The Holocaust - Death Squads 1941-1943
• The Holocaust - Extermination camps 1942-1945
• The Holocaust - Death Marches and liberation 1944-1945
• The Holocaust - Resistance and Rescuers
• The Holocaust - Resistance
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• The Holocaust - Historical interpretations
• The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?
• The Holocaust - Why did people participate in authorize or tacitly accept the killing?
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• The Holocaust - Aftermath
• The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel
• The Holocaust - Legal proceedings against Nazis
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• The Holocaust - Holocaust Memorial Day
• The Holocaust - Notes
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The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság listen ▶ (help·info)), or Hungary (Magyarország listen ▶ (help·info)), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars. Hungary - History. M ...

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The Republic of Kalmykia (Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч; Russian: Респу́блика Калмы́кия) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's Russian name is Respublika Kalmykiya, and of the Kalmyk name it is Khal'mg Tanghch. - total - % water - 76,100 km²
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• Kalmykia - Education
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Greece, (Greek: Ελλάδα, older form: Ελλάς, Hellas), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a country in southern Europe on the tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, FYROM, and Albania to the north and with Turkey to the east. The waters of the Aegean Sea border Greece to the east, and those of the Ionian and Mediterranean Sea to the west and south ...

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• Greece - Roman rule and Middle Ages
• Greece - Ottoman rule
• Greece - Creation of the modern Greek state
• Greece - Politics
• Greece - Local government
• Greece - Geography
• Greece - Economy
• Greece - Tourism
• Greece - Demographics
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The Buryat Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Буря́тия; Buryat: Буряад Республика) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Buryatiya in Russian and Buryaad Respublika in Buryat. - total - % water - 351,300 km²
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• Buryatia - Demographics
• Buryatia - History
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• Buryatia - Economy
• Buryatia - Education
• Buryatia - Religion
• Buryatia - Tourism

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The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The body plays two roles for the church: participating in papal elections when the Holy See is vacant, and advising the Pope about Church matters when he summons them to a consistory. Historically, they were also the clergy of the city of Rome serving the Pope as the Bishop of Rome and were assigned duties in parishes of the city. The College has no ruling power except during the sede vacante period, where its powers are still extr ...

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• College of Cardinals - Choosing the pope
• College of Cardinals - Members of the College of Cardinals
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Bishops
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Priests
• College of Cardinals - Cardinals of the Order of Deacons

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The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. With an area of 17,075,200 km² (6,595,600 mi²), it is the largest country in the world (by land mass), covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada. I ...

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• Russia - History
• Russia - Ancient Rus
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• Russia - Post-Soviet Russia
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• Russia - Borders
• Russia - Spatial extent
• Russia - Cities
• Russia - Economy
• Russia - Demographics
• Russia - Culture
• Russia - Name
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Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the northeast, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. The territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture in the Middle Ages, before being divided between a variety of powers, notably Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Austrian Empire, Romania and the Ott ...

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The Republic of Armenia, or Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, Hayastan, Հայք, Hayq), is a landlocked country in the southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and Iran (Persia) and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and the Commonwe ...

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• Armenia - Origin of the name
• Armenia - History
• Armenia - Politics
• Armenia - Administrative Provinces
• Armenia - Geography
• Armenia - Economy
• Armenia - Demographics
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• Armenia - Miscellaneous topics

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Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with a coast on the Caspian Sea. It has frontiers with Russia in the north, Georgia in the northwest, Armenia in the west and southeast and southwest, and Iran in the south. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest. The country’s formal name is the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azər ...

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• Azerbaijan - History
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The Altai Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Алта́й; Altay: Алтай Республика) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Altay. It is a different administrative entity from the neighboring Altai Krai. The capital of the Republic is Gorno-Altaysk, located around 100 km south of Biysk on the Trans-Siberian railway. - total - % water - 92,60 ...

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• Altai Republic - Geography
• Altai Republic - Time zone
• Altai Republic - Rivers
• Altai Republic - Lakes
• Altai Republic - Mountains
• Altai Republic - Natural Resources
• Altai Republic - Climate
• Altai Republic - Administrative divisions
• Altai Republic - Demographics
• Altai Republic - History
• Altai Republic - Politics
• Altai Republic - Economy
• Altai Republic - Transportation
• Altai Republic - Education
• Altai Republic - Religion

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Alberta is one of Canada's provinces. It celebrated 100 years as a province in 2005 on September 1st. As part of the Centennial celebration, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the province from May 23 to May 25, 2005. Alberta's capital is the city of Edmonton. Its most populous city and metropolitan area, Calgary, is Alberta's commerce centre and is located in the southern region of the province. Other major cities and towns include Banff, Camrose, Wetaskiwin, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Jasper, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, and Red D ...

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• Alberta - Geography
• Alberta - Largest municipalities and metro areas by population
• Alberta - Industry
• Alberta - Agriculture and forestry
• Alberta - Government
• Alberta - Education
• Alberta - K-12
• Alberta - Post-secondary
• Alberta - Transportation
• Alberta - Culture
• Alberta - Demographics
• Alberta - History
• Alberta - Fauna and flora
• Alberta - Fauna
• Alberta - Flora

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Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. It extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the borders of both Mongolia and China. All but the extreme south-western area of Siberia lies in Russia, and it makes up abou ...

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• Siberia - Administrative subdivisions
• Siberia - History
• Siberia - Geography and geology
• Siberia - Lakes and rivers
• Siberia - Mountain ranges
• Siberia - Demographics
• Siberia - On film

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Density 4758 Vancouver (pronounced [væːnˈkʰuv̥ɚ]) is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. It is the largest metropolitan centre in western Canada and third largest in the country. The city's population is 545,671 and that of the metropolitan area is 2,186,965 (2001 census). [1] Vancouver is one of the cities of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and of the larger geographic region commonly known as the Lower Mainla ...

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• Vancouver - Geography and location
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• Vancouver - 2005 election
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• Vancouver - Media
• Vancouver - Sister cities
• Vancouver - Nuclear weapons free zone
• Vancouver - Municipalities in Greater Vancouver
• Vancouver - Surrounding municipalities

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The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Its capital city is Minsk, and other important cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homyel'), Mahilyow and Vitebsk. Throughout much of history, the area which is now known as Belarus was part of various countries including Lithuania, Poland and the Russian Empire. Eventually, in 1922, Belarus became a republic in the Soviet Union as the Byelorussian SSR. The republic officially declared i ...

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• Belarus - History of the name
• Belarus - History
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• Belarus - Subdivisions
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• Belarus - Economy
• Belarus - Demographics
• Belarus - Culture
• Belarus - Related topics
• Belarus - International rankings

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Chernivtsi (Ukrainian: Чернівці; Romanian: Cernăuţi; German: Czernowitz or Tschernowitz; Polish: Czerniowce; Hungarian: Csernovic; Yiddish: Tshernovits; Russian: Черновцы́, Chernovtsy) is a city in Northern Bukovina, Ukraine, capital of the Chernivtsi Oblast. Chernivtsi - History. See also Bukovina#History Archeological data prove that the Chernivtsi area was populated from neolithi ...

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• Chernivtsi - History
• Chernivtsi - Population
• Chernivtsi - Personalities
• Chernivtsi - Natives
• Chernivtsi - Residents

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Austria-Hungary Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder und die Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone (German) A birodalmi tanácsban képviselt királyságok és országok és a magyar szent korona országai (Hungarian) Austria-Hungary in Europe Kingdoms and countries of Austria-Hungary war flag merchant flag Flag of Hungary Coat of arms ...

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• Austria-Hungary - The Lands of the Empire
• Austria-Hungary - Creation of Austria-Hungary — The Compromise of 1867
• Austria-Hungary - Governmental Structure
• Austria-Hungary - Ethnic relations
• Austria-Hungary - Economy
• Austria-Hungary - Foreign policy
• Austria-Hungary - World War I
• Austria-Hungary - Dissolution of the Empire
• Austria-Hungary - Historiography
• Austria-Hungary - Territorial legacy
• Austria-Hungary - Flags of Austria-Hungary
• Austria-Hungary - Reference

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1651 - Ongoing events. Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653) 1651 - Literature. Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan 1651 - Births. January 3 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694) March 4 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716) March 31 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685) April 6 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)Including:

• 1651 - Events
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Some 5 thousand Lemko families returned to their home regions in Eastern Poland in 1957-1958.[1] While the 2002/2003 Polish census shows only 5,800, it is estimated that there live no more then 80-100,000 Lemkos in Poland today, 8-10,000 of them in Lemkivshchyna. The bigger groups of Lemkos live in villages: Łosie, Krynica, Nowica, Zdynia, Gładyszów, Hańczowa, Zyndranowa, Uście Gorlickie, Bartne, Bielanka, and in eastern part of Lemkivshchyna – Mokre, Szczawne, Kulaszne, Rzepedź, Turzańsk, Komańcza. Also in towns: Sanok, See also:

Lemko, Lemko - Name and self-description, Lemko - Lemkivshchyna, Lemko - Dialect, Lemko - History, Lemko - The situation of Lemkos in Poland after 1956 till today

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The Lemko dialect is considered by many linguists to be the western-most dialect of the Ukrainian language. Lemko speech, however, includes patterns matching those of the surrounding Polish and Slovak languages, and might be seen as a transitional dialect to Polish and Slovak (some even consider the dialect in Eastern Slovakia to be a dialect of the Slovak language). Besides, vocabulary of Lemko dialect is influenced by Romanian language, like other Slavic di ...

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Kula municipality encompasses of town of Kula, town of Crvenka, and following villages: Kruščić Lipar Nova Crvenka Ruski Krstur Sivac Official site: http://www.kula.org.yu ...

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Kula Vojvodina, Kula Vojvodina - Inhabited places, Kula Vojvodina - Ethnic groups

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