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51RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
52Anhui — Coordinates: 31°50′N 117°0′E / 31.833°N 117°E / 31.833; 117 …
53North Rhine-Westphalia — NRW redirects here. For other uses, see NRW (disambiguation). North Rhine Westphalia Nordrhein Westfalen   State of Germany   …
54evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
55Hebei — /hue bay /, n. Pinyin. a province in NE China. 41,410,000; 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Cap.: Shijiazhuang. Also, Hopeh, Hopei. Formerly, Chihli. * * * or Ho peh conventional Hopeh formerly Chihli Province (pop., 2000 est.: 67,440,000),… …
56hydrosphere — /huy dreuh sfear /, n. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere. [1885 90; HYDRO 1 + SPHERE] * * * Discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth s surface. It… …
57Ukraine — Infobox Country native name =Україна Ukrayina conventional long name =Ukraine common name =Ukraine map caption =map caption|region=on the European continent national anthem =Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воляspaces|2(Ukrainian) Shche ne… …
58Tatarstan — This article is about the republic in Russia. For the ship, see Gepard class frigate. Republic of Tatarstan Республика Татарстан (Russian) Татарстан Республикасы (Tatar)   Republic …
59Wallonia — Wallonia, or Wallonie, ( fr. Wallonie, de. Wallonien, nl. Wallonië, wa. Waloneye) is the meridional part of Belgium belonging to the Romance linguistic field (about 3,4 millions inhabitants), in opposition to the Germanic linguistic field in the… …
60Demographic transition — A diagram of the demographic transition model, including stage 5 The demographic transition model (DT) is the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre industrial to an industrialized …
