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Mali Federation

(Encyclopedia)Mali Federation: see Mali.

Russian Federation

(Encyclopedia)Russian Federation: see Russia.

Commonwealth of Australia

(Encyclopedia)Commonwealth of Australia: see Australia. ...

Barton, Sir Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Barton, Sir Edmund, 1849–1920, Australian jurist and statesman. He was a leader in the movement for Australian federation, and became the first prime minister of the Commonwealth of Australia in 190...

Federation of Malaysia

(Encyclopedia)Federation of Malaysia: see Malaysia. ...

Central American Federation

(Encyclopedia)Central American Federation or Central American Union, political confederation (1825–38) of the republics of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. United under ...

Commonwealth of Independent States

(Encyclopedia)Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Bet...

British Commonwealth of Nations

(Encyclopedia)British Commonwealth of Nations: see Commonwealth of Nations. ...

Black, Greene Vardiman

(Encyclopedia)Black, Greene Vardiman, 1836–1915, American dentist, b. Scott co., Ill. Professor at Chicago College of Dental Surgery (now part of Loyola Univ.) from 1883 to 1889 and professor (from 1891) and dean...

communistic settlements

(Encyclopedia)communistic settlements, communities practicing common ownership of goods. Communistic settlements were known in ancient and medieval times, but the flowering of such groups occurred in the 19th cent....