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    a peacekeeping role. Lester B pearson brought a peace keeping role to Canada. Lester B Pearson compromised the major war in the middle east. The war was between mainly the french Britain and egypt and the soviets. over the suez canal, Egypt wanted the british and french to leave or the soviets would use nuclear action. Lester B Pearson requested that the british and french withdrawal and the united nations would send in a peacekeeping group to control the area until an agreement was made. 2 years

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    collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 appalled everyone in the West, but that is because no one outside the Soviet Union knew what was going on. The Soviet government’s lies of economic success and superiority over the Western capitalist states had controlled the citizens of Russia to believe that the USSR’s Communist regime was growing for half a decade. It wasn’t until Mikhail Gorbachev that mocked previous leaders like Stalin and Brezhnev for being responsible for not improving the Soviet economy. Gorbachev’s

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    occupiers: Danes, Swedes, Poles, Germans, Russian Tsars, Soviet Union, but generally maintained their cultures together even though 5000 years of Estonian nationalism almost cease to exist during the Darkest Period of Estonia that began in 1939. The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact allowed Soviet invasion and occupation which lasted for a year and a half. Later, the German Nazis entered Estonia and occupied the territory until 1945, where once again, the Soviet Union “liberated” the area, but immediately assumed control

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    Moon Landing

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    American Flag” on the moon’s surface. They claim there is no air on the moon's surface, and there is no atmosphere to hold the flag there. So how does the flag wave? They claim it has to be fake. The answer to dispute this question is simple. No, there isn't any wind on the Moon - but there is momentum. The fabric of the flag was moved around while being set in position, and naturally waved as it was being set up. NASA had created a pole that was to fully extend at both ends of the flag, but during

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    Soviet Union stayed in control behind the Iron Curtain and no other country tried to get rid of Soviet troops until Czechoslovakia in 1968 meaning that there was no help from any outside country and the Hungarians were fighting this war by themselves. Even though the news of this revolution against the Soviets was spreading around the world, all the rest of the world could do was just sit and watch. It also

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    The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an event held in the city of Moscow, Soviet Union, in Soviet era Russia. The 1980 Games were the first Olympic Games to be held in Russia, and remain the only Summer Olympics held there. They were also the first Olympics to be held in a Slavic speaking nation. The Moscow Olympics were also the first socialist nation to hold an Olympic event, and the only Summer Games to be held in a socialist country until 2008 in Beijing

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    Introduction: Recently, there has been news with the conflict with Russia and America, Russia is forcibly going to invade Ukraine, because not long ago when Russia was still called Soviet Union, Ukraine was part on the Soviet Union and but then Ukraine declared Independence. Now Russia, wants Ukraine to be part of the Russia Federation. While many Ukrainians and Americans were opposed to this Russia still refuse to hear Obama even though he pleads Vladimir not to send troops to Ukraine. Cartoonist

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    1980 Summer Olympics

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    actions occurred, involving nations’ foreign diplomacies, relations and ties and all due from the events of the Cold War. On July 19th 1980, Moscow became the first capital in the East Bloc to host the Olympic Games, thus making the host country, Soviet Union the first country in Eastern Europe to host this prestigious sporting event in the world. Two of the countries who were considered the head

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    Fall Of Communism Essay

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    Wall came down in 1989 ("Fall of Communism"). Furthermore, the once-untouchable Soviet Union fell largely as a result of the collapse of its supporting communist nations. When Gorbachev decided to allow multi-party elections and create a Soviet presidency in 1990, the Soviet Union was slowly democratized until the Communist control destabilized and led to the collapse of the Soviet Union ("The Collapse of the Soviet

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    Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is a unique country with a unique history. Kyrgyzstan is a former part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic that has maintained a self-governing independence in recent decades. This paper will show its readers a brief history, description of the religious groups, ethnical demographic breakdown and language. The topics of export and strategic location of this country will also be addressed. I will give general awareness and consideration factors to analyze before an

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