Category: Geography
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Soviet Union (USSR)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or simply soviet union, was a socialist state located in northern Eurasia that extended from the Baltic and Black Seas to the Pacific Ocean, and which existed between 1917/22 and 1991. A union of several subnational Soviet repu
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Russia
Russia (Russian: Россия Rossija), officially the Russian Federation (or the Russian name Russian Federation; Russian Российская Федерация Rossijskaja Federazija), is a federal state in Eastern Europe and North Asia, with the exclave Kaliningrad in Central Europe. With about 17 million square kilometers, Russia is the largest state in the world in terms of area and…
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Germany
Germany (The Federal Republic of Germany) is a federal state in Central Europe. It has 16 federal states and is conceived as a liberal-democratic and social-constitutional state. Founded in 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany is the most recent manifestation of the German nation-state, which was first established in 1871. The federal capital and seat…
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China
The People’s Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), mostly known as China (simplified Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó), is a sovereign country in East Asia. It is one of the oldest countries in the world and the most populous in the world, with more than 1400 million inhabitants, and the world’s leading…
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Canada
Canada is a state in North America that lies between the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west and extends northward to the Arctic Ocean. The federal capital is Ottawa, the most populous city is Toronto. The only state borders are those with the United States in the south and…
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Australia
Australia, in long form the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere whose area covers most of Oceania. In addition to the homonymous island, Australia also includes Tasmania as well as other islands in the Southern, Pacific and Indian Oceans. It also claims 6,000,000 km in Antarctica. Neighboring nations include Indonesia, East…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan (Pashtun and Persian افغانستان, DMG Afġānistān) is a landlocked country at the interface of South Asia, Central Asia and the Near East, bordering Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, the People’s Republic of China and Pakistan. Three-quarters of the country consists of hard-to-reach mountain regions. After the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1979, mujahideen– funded…
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South Africa
The Republic of South Africa (RSA) is a country in southern Africa. It is the most developed economic area on the African continent. South Africa borders the Indian Ocean to the south and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. To the north are the neighboring states of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the…
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United States of America
The United States of America (abbreviated USA), abbreviated United States and often colloquially abbreviated to America, is a federal republic. It consists of 50 federal states, a federal district (the capital Washington, D.C.) five large territories directly dependent on the Union and nine island territories. The contiguous 48 United States (often referred to as the…
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The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom or abbreviated FORM UK, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a sovereign and insular country located in the northwest of continental Europe. Its territory is geographically formed by the island of Great Britain, the northeast of the island of Ireland and small adjacent islands. Since the independence…