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Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...

Dacko, David

(Encyclopedia)Dacko, David dävēdˈ däkōˈ [key], 1930–2003, president of the Central African Republic (1960–66, 1979–81). A leader in the independence movement in French Equatorial Africa, he became the f...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the, formerly Zaïre zīˈēr, zäērˈ [key], republic ...

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic. ...

Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...

Boston African American National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Boston African American National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Isabela, ruins, Dominican Republic

(Encyclopedia)Isabela ēsäbāˈlä [key], ruins of a town on the north shore of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, at the base of Cape Isabela. Believed to have been founded by Columbus (c.1494), it was one of...

Ubangi-Shari

(Encyclopedia)Ubangi-Shari: see Central African Republic. ...

French Community

(Encyclopedia)French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union. Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included metropolitan France (co...

Donegal, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Donegal dŏnˌĭgôlˈ, dŭnˌ– [key], county, 1,865 sq mi (4,830 sq km), N Republi...