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51Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
52A Sportsman's Sketches — (also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter s Album) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his… …
53Russian Empire — Infobox Former Country native name = Российская Империя (ru Cyrl) Rossiyskaya Imperiya (translit) conventional long name = Russian Empire common name = Russia| continent = Eurasia status = Empire government type = Monarchy| year start = 1721 year …
54Labour and Labour Legislation — • Labour is work done by mind or body either partly or wholly for the purpose of producing utilities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Labour and Labour Legislation Labour and Labour Legislation …
55Russia — • Geography and history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russia Russia † Catholic E …
56GEORGE, WALTER LIONEL — (1882–1926), French born English author of half Jewish parentage. He specialized in labor problems and questions of sex and marriage. George s works include The City of Light (1912), Israel Kalisch (1913), A London Mosaic (1921), and The Story of …
57Russkaya Pravda — Ruskaya Pravda ( ru. Русская правда, Russkaya Pravda ; Archaic: Правда Роська, Pravda Ros ka ; uk. Руська Правда, Rus ka Pravda ) was the legal code of Kievan Rus and the subsequent Rus principalities during the times of feudal division. While it …
58Russian history, 1721–1796 — The era of Russian palace revolutionsPeter changed the rules of succession to the throne after he executed his own son, Aleksey, who had opposed his father s reforms and served as a rallying figure for antireform groups. A new law provided that… …
59Folwark — ( lt. Palivarkas) is a Polish word for the giant farms (in Latin, latifundia ) that were operated in the Crown of Poland from the 14th century and Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 15th century, from the second half of 16th century in the joint… …
60Criticisms of socialism — Economics …
