11) Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...(now the Politburo) and secretary of the Communist Party before becoming president of the USSR in 1977. In 1968 he enunciated the Brezhnev Doctrine, which asserts...
12) Stalin, Joseph. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...he was general secretary of the Communist Party (1922-1953) and premier (1941-1953) of the USSR. His rule was marked by the exile of Trotsky (1929), a purge of the...
13) Baranavichy. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of Babruysk. Founded in 1870, it passed from Russia to Poland in 1920 and was a part of the USSR from 1939 to 1991. Population: 170,300....
14) Baltic States. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...they became independent countries after World War I and were incorporated into the USSR as constituent republics in 1940. They became independent again in 1991....
15) Franz Josef Land. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Novaya Zemlya. Explored by an Austrian expedition in 1873, the islands were claimed by the USSR in 1926....
16) Ternopil'. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...to Austria in 1772 and was held by Poland from 1920 until 1939, when it was ceded to the USSR. Population: 224,900....
17) Ruthenia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...it was later a province of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939) and was annexed by the USSR in 1945....
18) Samara. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...to defend river trade and the eastern frontier, it was temporarily the capital of the USSR from 1941 to 1943. From 1935 to 1991 it was known as Kuibyshev. Population:...
19) Murmansk. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Sea. A major ice-free port, it was the terminus of an important supply line to the USSR in World Wars I and II. Population: 453,590....
20) South Ossetia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...South Ossetia became a part of Georgia in 1922. Following Georgian independence from the USSR in 1991, the region was the scene of conflict between Ossetian separatists...
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