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Balkanization is an example of Devolution.

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True

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Russia and the United States both have inhospitable and sparsely populated pacific coasts.

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False

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Russian is the only OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED language in Russia.

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False

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President Medvedev appointed Putin as prime minister of Russia in an attempt to resolve their longstanding political rivalry.

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False

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Which one of the 5 themes of geography describes the landscape of environmental damage caused by soviet policy?

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Human/Environment interaction

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Which of the 5 themes of geography describes the kremlin and other such landmarks that have such strong symbolic and iconic importance to the Russian people and Russian culture?

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Place

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The United Nations (UN) is an example of:

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Supranationalism

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Kurdistan is:

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a nation without a state

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Describe the difference between a Nation and a State.

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A nation is a group of people bound by a common culture, language, religion, etc... A state is a self-governing political entity. A state may be made up of more than one nation, and a nation may be split among more than one state. In some instances, a nation's extent coincides with that of a state, making a nation-state.

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Briefly describe the process of Swidden (slash and burn) agriculture and why large scale agriculture could not work in Russia.

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Swidden agriculture involves cultivating a particular parcel of land, then burning it and allowing the burned material to fertilize the land. The farmers would then leave that land fallow and move on to another parcel, where the process would be repeated.

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Swidden farming helped establish Russian landownership.

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False

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Olga's Christian conversion and baptism was generally a political move that helped Russia establish relations with Christian Byzantium.

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True

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The Viking-Slav relationship regarding trade posts and trade activity in general was a mutually beneficial one.

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False

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In setting up trade in the Slavic lands that would become Russia, the Vikings were trying to establish direct trade with

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Constantinople

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The Apange inheritance system:

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caused chaos in the event that an heir was not appointed and lead to bloodshed within rival factions of ruling families

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Which of these was NOT a contributing factor to the decline of the Kievan Rus?

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Nationalist movements sparking revolutions

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Which city-states became the first major centers of Russian Lands?

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Kiev and Moscow

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In addition to the Tale of bygone years, which of the following have contributed to knowledge of early Russian history?

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Arab geographers, Byzantine historians, Icelandic sagas

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What makes the Roman legacy and the symbolism of Roman imperialism important to Russia?

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After the fall of Constantinople, Russia laid claim to the Rome's legacy and became the seat of Orthodox Christianity. Greeks flooded into Russia at that time, bringing with them the culture, history and customs of the Byzantine empire.

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What are some of the ways in which Russia tried to legitimize this connection to Rome (and it's role as the third Roman empire)?

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When Ivan III married Sophia, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor, he cemented his place as heir to Rome and even adopted Roman symbols as his own, including making the double-headed eagle of Rome the new symbol of Russia. The white cowl of Rome's rulers was also later adopted.

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The Orthodox church was generally ignored and left to thrive under the Tatars.

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False

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The Fall of Constantinople was traumatic for the Christian world, but it was also long expected due to a general decline Constantinople's power.

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True

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Dimitri's 1378 victory of the Tatars ended Tatar domination over Russia in a single decisive victory.

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False

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Which of these is NOT one of the contributing factors to the growth of Moscow in power and population?

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Moscow was emerging as a major sea port shipping center

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Russia's first significant European trade partner was:

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England

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What were the Cossacks used for by the Russians?

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Exploration and expansion, soldiers, frontier settlement

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How can the conflict between "Old Russia" (or the "Slavophiles") and "New Russia" (or the "Westerners") be represented by the differences between Moscow and St. Petersburg?

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The Slavophiles were closely associated with Moscow and opposed believed Russia was becoming too Eurocentric. The Westerners sought closer ties with Europe and believed Russia needed to incorporate the ideas of the Enlightenment in order to advance. They are associated with St. Petersburg.

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The Bearing sea and the Bearing strait are both named for Vitus Bearing, the explorer commissioned by Tsar Catharine I to explore pacific coast of Russia.

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True

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When Peter the Great tried to make Russia more European, the city of Moscow competed against St. Petersburg to become the seat of European sophistication and ideals in Russia.

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False

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Russia practiced social and political integration with the native cultures they colonized.

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True

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Siberia was difficult to govern due to:

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Vast and inhospitable lands complicated settlement and Some native nations were hostile

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__________was the single, most important objective that Peter the great sought in the great northern war and ultimately got in his victory over Sweden.

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a Baltic seaport

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The Orenburg line was:

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A line of fortresses in the central Asian steppes built to help secure Russian territory

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Socialism in Russia began to grow strong in:

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the densely populated Urban industrial centers

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The circumstance that allowed the Bolsheviks to take control of Russia was:

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Instability resulting from WWI, economic strain and the unpopularity of Nicholas II

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What was "Russification" and how did it backfire on Russia by leading to an increase in nationalism?

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"Russification" was a policy in which forcing the use of the Russian language was used as an imperial unifier. As anti-Russian feelings grew toward the end of the USSR, nationalism became centered around language. The forced use of the Russian language was a very obvious and overt form of oppression and actually led to the very nationalism it was meant to prevent.

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Gulags (Russian prison labor camps) were mostly filled with political prisoners.

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True

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The Russian church was one of the major supporters and propaganda machines of the soviets.

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False

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NATO was formed during the cold war to contain the growing soviet influence in the east.

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True

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Stalin helped Russia realize Lenin's utopian vision for a Soviet Union where ethnic groups had total autonomy over their homelands.

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False

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Which one of these was NOT something the Soviets used Siberia for:

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Destination for exiled political prisoners used for prison labor, Mining and timber extraction, Building industrial areas

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Soviet Russian communism and Maoist Chinese communism can be generally distinguished as:

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Russia= urban/industrial, China = rural/agrarian

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A workers demonstration in ___________ turned into a nationalistic protest over Moscow's power that stretched throughout the eastern bloc and soviet union.

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Gdansk, Poland

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The Soviet industrial economy gave way to which population trend:

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Rural to urban migration

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What are some of the ways in which victims of trafficking are taken by traffickers?

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There are many ways that traffickers lure their victims. Sometimes they are promised employment or a better life in another country. Other times runaways or undocumented workers are exploited and don't feel safe enough to contact authorities. In some cases, women and/or children are even sold by their own families. People are actually taken in various ways; by going on "vacation" or being promised a "job" in another country, promises of marriage or opportunity for themselves or children, and are sometimes just abducted.

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Briefly describe the post-soviet relationship between NATO and Russia. Why is this relationship so important to the future of Europe?

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NATO was created as a counterweight to Soviet power and influence. After the fall of the U.S.S.R., NATO's role shifted to become more involved in peace keeping, but the expansion of the alliance to include some FSU nations caused uneasiness and anger in Russia. In fact, Putin's rise to power can be partially attributed to worries about NATO and US influence. While it seemed to be of less importance in prior years, the current tension between Russia and Ukraine proves that there is a continuing place for NATO as a way for the West to interact with Russia.

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The Russian population that remained in the newly independent Baltic States were still largely in control of the political and social structure of the Baltic States.

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False

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Economic desperation is one of the major driving forces of the vulnerability of trafficking victims.

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True

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America is not one of the major destination countries for human trafficking.

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False

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In bargaining for the creation of a Chechen state, Russia refused on the grounds that:

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They did not want to allow the Chechens to make it an Islamic state.

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Much of the business and economic world in the early years of the Russian Federation was controlled by:

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Powerful business oligarchies and the mob

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Which of the following are NOT reasons for human trafficking?

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All of the above. forced prostitution, forced labor, pornography

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What is the basic difference that the definitions of "Sea" or "Lake" will have on resources in the Caspian sea? Why is the definition of the Caspian so important?

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If the Caspian is a lake, all five surrounding nations will be due an equal share of the resources (oil). If it is a sea, it would be divided into five separate, sovereign territories and each nation would have exclusive access to the resources in its domain.

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Describe the physical and health problems caused by the Aral sea drying up.

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Many problems have resulted from the Aral's drying up, including lung problems, tuberculosis, toxic and highly-salinated drinking water, high infant mortality,. and many other types of respiratory illnesses due to the huge amounts of dust from the dry seabed.

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The depth at which the soviets buried nuclear waste on Novaya Zemlya actually violated a treaty regarding the handling of nuclear waste.

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True

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The anthrax causing the security concern on Vozrozhdeniye island is naturally occurring.

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False

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Contamination caused by radiation on Novaya Zemlya is believed to extend to the ocean currents.

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True

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Pipelines are used to move oil from the Caspian Sea because:

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the oil in the Caspian Sea is isolated in the interior of the continent

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A potential obstacle and complications for pipeline construction is:

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Chokepoints, Stateless nations/politically unstable areas, Political climate (Tariffs)

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The Aral sea drying up was caused by:

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Over ambitious and ill planned soviet irrigation projects in the steppes

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Describe the significance of Tatar heritage in Russia.

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Tatar heritage is a point of pride in Russia. Tatar heritage is associated with heroism, bravery, and strength, so much so that some Russians make up Tatar ancestry to impress people. Our lectures compares it to the way Native American heritage is viewed in the United States.

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How did Stalin's attempt to prevent nationalism from rising affect some of the cultural and social fabric of nations (such as Buryatia, Kalmykia)?

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In Buryatia, Stalin removed the word "Mongolian" from the name and all official documents in order to distance the people from their ancestry. In Kalmykia, he worried about nationalism and suspected the people of conspiring with Germany, for which he deported them to Siberia. All of these actions were an attempt to suppress any nationalistic sentiments and prevent uprisings. Despite this oppression, the people of Kalmykia and Buryatia retained their Buddhism and their unique cultures.

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The Altai republic's nickname "Tibetan Russia" comes from the Altai mountains, which dominate the Altai republic physically.

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True

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The nation of Kalmykia's pastime is __________, which it has tried to become the center of in Russia. There was even a money scandal and cover up related to this.

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Chess

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This City has become a center of ethnic and linguistic revival in Russia

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Kazan, Tatarstan

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The homeland of the people of ___________ is divided between Russia and Finland

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Karelia

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The historic Prussian region of Koingsburg is now the Russian region of:

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Kaliningrad

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Lake Bikail is the dominant physical feature of

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Buryatia

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Describe the geographic division of population caused by Russian migration into Kazakhstan.

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Many Russians immigrated to the Northern region of Kazakhstan during the Soviet period, making the north of the country much more pro-Russian than the southern region. In order to avoid a revolt by the Russian population, the Kazakh government moved the national capital from Almaty (in the south) to Astana (in the north).

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Belarus severed ties to Moscow after Soviet collapse and the most westward leaning of the ex-soviet countries.

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False

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Over-irrigation of the Aral sea was generally beneficial to cotton production in Uzbekistan.

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False

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The capital city of Kyrgyzstan generally has better communication with other capitals than it does with many of its own people.

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True

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The differences between Eastern and Western Ukraine can be summarized as:

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Slavic/ Industrial East - Polish/Agrarian West

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The Trans-Dniester region illustrates how Moldova is split between Russia and

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Romania

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The Baltic Way is

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The famous non-violent protest where 2 million people linked hands across the Baltic States

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Wahhabism is

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A radical form of Islamic fundamentalism, heavily practiced in Uzbekistan

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Ethnically, the Tajiks are related to

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Persians

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