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shatter belt
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A region that is under continual political pressures and is often fragmented by warring factions and invaded or heavily influenced by surrounding rival countries.
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Soviet bloc
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During the period of 1917 AD-1991 AD, the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europpean puppet governments.
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Cyrillic
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A modified Greek alphabet used for Slavic languages such as Russian.
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mass privatization
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An experiment by the government of the Czech Republic to get property back into the hands of the people, carried out by leaders handing out vouchers to private citizens; each adult became a shareholder in the nation's various industries.
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Balkanization
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The tendency of ethnically and religiously diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations.
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karst
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An area of water-carved limestone formations, such as caverns and rugged peaks.
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Bosniaks
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Muslims who live in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia.
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"near abroad"
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The term that Russia applies to the Commonwealth of Independent States, countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.
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rye
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A grain similar to wheat; grows well in cool climates.
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