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	Russia
		Russia's minorities, including the Jewish population, now face few, if any, obstacles to full participation either in Russian public life or in minority religious and cultural activities.
		Although officially proscribed in the Soviet Union antisemitism found expression in violent outbursts such as riots in Malakhovka in 1959, blood libels in Tashkent, Vilna and elsewhere, and literary controversies such as the reaction to Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem 'Baby Yar'.
		In his speech Kondratenko is said to have spoken of Russia's history of combatting Jewish domination in media and government, and to have blamed Jews for the war in Chechnya, the downfall of the Communist system and homosexuality in Russia.
	www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive2/russia/russia.htm (7320 words)

	german
		Germans contributed substantially to its growth: By 1841, 28 percent of the total population was German; 10 years earlier the figure was only 5 percent, By 1850, when Cincinnati was known as the "Queen City of the West," the German community (including those born in America) made up half its population.
		German involvement in the labor movement did not sit well with nativists, who, in the last decades of the 19th century, were again seeking support for anti-immigration laws.
		German Americans, the societies members insisted, were neither "mongrels with a divided allegiance" nor "hyphenates." In keeping with this goal, they named their organization after Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a hero of the War of Independence.
	www.theseverts.net /German.htm (13046 words)

	NCSJ - Russia page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Russia identified strongly with the predominantly Orthodox Serbs, considering the territory of Yugoslavia within its sphere of influence and resented intervention by NATO and UN forces in the region.
		Russia is concerned about the spread of Islamic guerilla and terrorist groups that actively seek to overthrow authoritarian governments in the region, especially in Uzbekistan.
		Russia, France and Germany were opposed to U.S. pressure for a tougher UN Resolution on arms inspections in Iraq through late 2002 (UN Resolution 1441), and voiced strong opposition the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in early 2003.
	www.ncsj.org /Russia.shtml (10291 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Soviet Union / Glossary
		A term coined by Joseph V. Stalin to indicate that the Soviet Union was surrounded by capitalist states pursuing political, military, and economic policies aimed at weakening and destroying the Soviet regime.
		Soviet and Western experts believe that damage to the people's health, to the economy, and to the environment will be felt for decades.
		In the Soviet Union, the Uriate Church is found primarily in the western Ukrainian Republic, where it has been referred to as the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/soviet_union/su_glos.html (9351 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Soviet Union / Bibliography
		Russia in the Age of Modernization and Reform, 1881- 1917.
		Zenkovsky, Serge A. Pan-Turkism and Islam in Russia.
		Mystics and Commissars: Sufism in the Soviet Union.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/soviet_union/su_bibl.html (11845 words)

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