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480:Caspian Sea
464:Closed city
393:Dissolution
378:Perestroika
320:Great Purge
213:17 February
99:During the
69:introducing
1747:Categories
1564:Kazakhstan
1539:Azerbaijan
1297:Opposition
1287:Television
1267:Propaganda
1240:Literature
1114:Naukograds
1109:Sharashkas
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894:Red Terror
578:Government
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1523:Venezuela
1493:Guatemala
1473:Argentina
1358:Republics
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403:Nostalgia
315:Stalinism
1579:Pakistan
1498:Honduras
1466:Americas
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954:Religion
841:Chairmen
687:Congress
649:Leninism
629:Propiska
524:Politics
383:Glasnost
343:Cold War
283:February
156:See also
1704:Oceania
1690:Ukraine
1640:Ireland
1635:Germany
1625:Finland
1618:History
1605:Austria
1574:Lebanon
1518:Uruguay
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1217:Culture
1131:Society
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532:General
500:Siberia
473:Regions
447:Oblasts
288:October
265:History
139:in the
65:improve
1685:Turkey
1675:Russia
1670:Poland
1665:Norway
1630:France
1598:Europe
1569:Kuwait
1554:Israel
1508:Mexico
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1478:Brazil
1450:Africa
1341:Emblem
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1277:Sports
1230:Cinema
1225:Ballet
1207:Racism
1180:Family
670:Bodies
258:topics
105:Soviet
103:, the
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1645:Italy
1589:Yemen
1559:Japan
1549:India
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1148:Crime
919:Gulag
797:Cheka
442:Krais
50:, or
1532:Asia
1353:Flag
1311:List
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1031:OGAS
924:List
807:NKVD
595:LGBT
583:List
549:1977
544:1936
215:2018
129:NKVD
836:KGB
831:MGB
819:MVD
802:GPU
602:Law
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