conventional long name TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic common name Transcaucasian ... type Republic year start 1918 year end 1918 date start 24 February date end 28 May event start Russian Provisional Government Independence date event1 May 26, 1918 event1 DemocraticRepublic of Georgia Georgia secedes date event2 May 28, 1918 event2 Armenia and Azerbaijan secede event end DemocraticRepublic of Georgia Georgia declared independence. p1 Russian Provisional Government flag p1 Flag of Russia.svg p2 Transcaucasian Commissariat flag p2 Flag of Russia.svg s1 DemocraticRepublic of Armenia flag s1 Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia.svg s2 Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic flag s2 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg s3 DemocraticRepublic of Georgia flag s3 Flag of Georgia 1918 1921 .svg image coat image flag Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg image map Russia Caucusus 1882.jpg image map caption Russian Transcaucasia immediately prior to the formation of the TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic. national motto national anthem capital Tbilisi latd 41 latm 43 latNS ... , Azerbaijani language Azerbaijani currency Transcaucasian ruble The TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic TDFR, , Zakavkazskaya Demokraticheskaya Federativnaya Respublika ZKDFR , also known as the Transcaucasian Federation February ... independence. On February 24, 1918, The Sejm proclaimed the TranscaucasianDemocraticFederative .... Khatisian , Kh. Karchikian , M. Haroutiunian See also Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic ... Abaran May 21 24 . On May 26, 1918, Georgia DemocraticRepublic of Georgia declared independence two days later, on May 28, Armenia DemocraticRepublic of Armenia and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Democratic ... Provisional Government installed the Special Transcaucasian Committee .... The Transcaucasian Commissariat Sejm and Transcaucasian Committee existed for a couple of months ... more details
File Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR.svg thumb 288px Flag of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was adopted by the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in the 1930s. Prior to this, the flag was red with the Cyrillic alphabet Cyrillic characters in gold in a sans serif font. External links FOTW id su tc title Transcaucasia in the Soviet Union Flags of the Soviet Republics DEFAULTSORT Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Flag of the Category Flags of the Soviet Union Caucasus stub europe flag stub Soviet stub be x old bs Zastava Zakavkaske SFSR es Bandera de la Rep blica Federal Socialista Sovi tica de Transcaucasia eo Flago de Transka kaza Federacia Soveta Socialisma Respubliko fr Drapeau de la R publique socialiste f d rative sovi tique de Transcaucasie ko it Bandiera della RSSF Transcaucasica pl Flaga Zakaukaskiej FSRR pt Bandeira da Rep blica Socialista Federativa Sovi tica Transcaucasiana ru th zh ... more details
the TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublicTranscaucasian Federation . Competing national interests and war with Turkey led to the dissolution of the republic half a year later, in April 1918 ... See also TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus Northern Caucasus Litbel Far Eastern Republic Bavarian Soviet Republic Bavarian S.R. Republics of the Soviet Union Kuban People s Republic Kuban South West Caucasian Republic Kars Komancza Republic Komancza Don Cossacks Don Cossack Republic List of countries in 1919 List of countries in 1922 List ... name Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic year start 1922 year end 1936 p1 Armenian SSR ... 4th in 1922 6th in 1929 area 186,100 water 4.7 time zone 3 to 5 The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic lang ru , Zakavkazskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsalisticheskaya Respublika ZSFSR , also known as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , the Transcaucasian SFSR and the TSFSR for short, was a short lived republics of the Soviet Union republic of the Soviet Union . It consisted of Georgia country Georgia , Armenia , and Azerbaijan , traditionally known as the Caucasus Transcaucasian Republics ... thumb left 300px A map of the Transcaucasian region during the Soviet era The republic s roots date ...unreferenced date January 2008 Infobox SSR name Transcaucasian SFSR rus name loc name3 ... flag Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR.svg arms Coat of arms of the Transcaucasian SFSR.png map SovietUnionTranscaucasia.png ... republic in March 1922. It was incorporated into the Soviet state in December of that year. In 1936, the republic was dissolved and divided among the Georgian SSR Georgian , Armenian SSR Armenian and Azerbaijan ... Stamp Transcaucasian 1923 2k.jpg left 200px thumb 2 kopeck stamp of 1923 Before 1923, each of Georgia ... more details
as the TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic on 24 February 1918. Later split into the following states flagicon image Flag of Georgia 1918 1921 .svg DemocraticRepublic of Georgia from May 26 flagicon image Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia.svg DemocraticRepublic of Armenia from May 28 flagicon image Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan Democratic ... of Russia ref conventional long name Russian DemocraticFederativeRepublic common name Russia continent ... 1918 Resolution on the form of government of Russia Russian DemocraticFederativeRepublic ... DemocraticFederativeRepublic LAW.EDU.RU ref . This was five years lower than in the late Russian ... . The State Duma of the Russian DemocraticFederativeRepublic was the lower house ... Preceding and succeeding entities p1 to p5 and s1 to s5 p1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic flag p1 Red flag.svg image p1 Use Image Sin escudo.svg 20px Image missing p2 flag p2 p3 flag p3 p4 flag p4 p5 flag p5 s1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic flag s1 Flag RSFSR var01.svg ... of government of Russia , declaring Russia to be a federal democraticrepublic. However, the Assembly ... According to the intended constitution, Russia was declared a democratic federal republic . The fundamental ... Empire. Head of state The head of state was the President of the Russian DemocraticFederative ... was to be held by a bicameral parliament. The State Council of the Russian DemocraticFederative ... name Republic of Estonia on 23 February 1918 flagicon Russia Transcaucasian Commissariat Transcaucasia ... World War I status Federation status text Federal republic empire The empire or country to which the entity was in a state of dependency government type Federal republic Federal Presidential system presidential republic Rise and fall, events, years and dates only fill in the start end event entry ... suffrage for all citizens of Republic, who are 20 years or older ref name RDFR Ru icon http ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 Infobox Coat of arms name Coat of arms of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic image Coat of arms of the Transcaucasian SFSR.png image width 200 middle middle width middle caption lesser lesser width lesser caption armiger Flagicon Transcaucasian SFSR Government of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic year adopted Unknown crest torse shield Baroque shield with hammer and sickle supporters compartment motto orders other elements Red star , sunrise rising sun , Mount Ararat backdrop, crescent moon earlier versions use The coat of arms of the Transcaucasian SFSR was adopted by the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR . It is uncertain when exactly it was adopted. The coat of arms is based loosely on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union . It incorporates designs from each of the three major groups that combined in the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Armenians , Azeri and Georgian people Georgians , and unusually features Islam ic art and communist elements side by side. The latticework in the star itself bespeaks the former Coat of arms of Georgia country coat of arms of Georgia from 1918 1921 and adopted again from 1991 2004 the crescent represents the Muslim Azeris, on a background depicting the national symbol of the Armenians, Mount Ararat . The rising sun stands for the future, the star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the world wide socialist community of states . In 1936, the republic was dissolved and the three regions became the Georgian SSR Georgian , Armenian SSR Armenian and Azerbaijan SSR respectively. Coat of arms of the Soviet Republics DEFAULTSORT Coat Of Arms Of The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Category Coats of arms of the Soviet Union Transcaucasian SFSR Caucasus stub Heraldry stub bs Grb Zakavkaske SFSR de Wappen der Transkaukasischen SFSR fr Armoiries de la RSSF de Transcaucasie ko hr Grb Transkavkaske SFSR ... more details
A democraticrepublic is a country which is both a republic and a democracy , however in practise countries which describe themselves as democratic republics do not always hold free or fair election s, an example of which was the German DemocraticRepublic , a communist dictatorship commonly known as East Germany . ref cite book title Anatomy of a Dictatorship Inside the GDP 1959 1980 last1 Fulbrook first1 Mary place Oxford publisher Oxford University Press year 1997 isbn 9780198207207 ref References references See also Democracy Republic People s Republic politics stub Category Forms of government ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Flag of Russia 1991 1993.svg thumb right 250px Flag of the Russian SFSR 1991 . Flag ratio 1 2 File Flag of Russian SFSR.svg thumb right 250px Flag of the Russian SFSR 1954 1991 . Flag ratio 1 2 File Flag of the Russian SFSR 1937 1954.svg thumb right 250px Flag of the Russian SFSR 1937 1954 . Flag ratio 1 2 File Flag of the Russian SFSR 1925 1937.svg thumb right 250px Flag of the Russian SFSR 1920 1937 as described in the Russian Constitution of 1925 . Actually was not used, w File Flag RSFSR 1918.svg 1918 flag is used until 1937. File Flag RSFSR 1918.svg thumb right 250px Flag of the Russian SFSR 1918 1937, de facto until 1937 Flag ratio 1 2 File Flag RSFSR var01.svg thumb right 250px First flag of the Russian SFSR 14 April 17 June, 1918 , showing full name of the Soviet republic. Ratio was unspecified File Flag of Russia.svg thumb right 250px De jure flag of Russia 1917 1918 . Not used by Bolsheviks due to representing Russian Provisional Government old political regime in Russia. Flag ratio 2 3 Last Soviet era before 1991 flag was adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR in 1954 . The constitution stipulated The state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic presents itself as a red rectangular sheet with a light blue stripe at the pole extending all the width read height which constitutes one eighth length of the flag. Between 1937 and the adoption of the flag to the right, the flag was red with the gold Cyrillic alphabet Cyrillic characters RSFSR in the top left corner, in a traditional viaz style of ornamental Cyrillic calligraphy. See also Flag of the Soviet Union Coat of arms of the Russian SFSR Flag of Russia List of Russian flags Defacement flag USSR flags DEFAULTSORT Russian Sfsr, Flag Of The Category Flags of Russia Category Flags of the Soviet Union Category History of the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia Flag Category National symbols of Russia Russia flag stub Russ ... more details
File Sovnarkom Gregorian Calendar Decree izo39.jpg thumb An early Sovnarkom decree, introducing the Gregorian calendar Western European calendar in Russia. According to the decree, January 31, 1918 Old Style and New Style dates Old style was to be followed by February 14, 1918 New style right The Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was known officially as the Council of People s Commissars 1917 1946 , Council of Ministers 1946 1978 and Council of Ministers Government 1978 1991 Council of People s Commissars Council of People s Commissars of the RSFSR lang ru was the name of the cabinet government government cabinet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic RSFSR from 1917 through 1946, when it was renamed as the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In 1922 state powers of the institution were technically somewhat superseded by the Council of People s Commissars of USSR. By September 1917, the councils soviet council soviet s of workers, peasants and soldiers acquired considerable political and military power. The leaders of the Petrograd Soviet conspired to overthrow the Russian Provisional Government the uprising started on October revolution 7 November 1917 , when Red Guards Russia Red Guards units captured the Winter Palace . On the next day, 8 November 1917, the Second All Russian Congress of Soviets recognized the success of the uprising, and formally established the new government that reflected the capture of the Soviet council soviets by the Bolshevik s. The government was formally called the Council of People s Commissars , abbreviated as Sovnarkom . It was Leon Trotsky who devised the council and commissar names, thereby avoiding the more bourgeois terms, minister government minister and Cabinet government cabinet . The People s Commissar s lang ru , translit. Narodny komissar , or Narkom functioned as government ministers a ministry wa ... more details
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April event start Independence event end Soviet invasion p1 TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic ... TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic . On March 3, 1918, the Treaty of Brest Litovsk marked Russia s signed by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic exit from World War I .... On 26 May 1918, after the TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic fell and its bodies were ... conventional long name People s Republic of Azerbaijan br Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic common name ... image map Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic 1918 20.png image map caption Azerbaijan Democratic ... 1918 History of Azerbaijan The Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic ADR lang az Az rbaycan Xalq C mhuriyy ti ... are at Talk Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic First or second . ref The ADR was founded on May ... in the north, DemocraticRepublic of Georgia in the north west, DemocraticRepublic of Armenia in the west ... March Days File Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of Azerbaijan.png thumb First flag of Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic In 1917, the Russian Caucasus Front collapsed following the Russian Revolution ... DemocraticRepublic. On November 11, the first government of the independent Transcaucasia was created ... of Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic. In March 1918, ethnic and religious tension grew and the Armenian ... DemocraticRepublic on 28 May 1918. The Council was opposed by ultra nationalists who .... ref Prof. Avtandil Menteshashvili, From the history of relations of Georgian democraticRepublic ... of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic .281918 1920.29 First meeting of the parliament of Azerbaijan ... and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic. Much like its other counterparts ..., these included disputes with the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia Nakhchivan , Nagorno Karabakh ... by the fact that Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia could not survive ... either fled to DemocraticRepublic of Georgia Menshevik Georgia , Turkey and Iran, or were captured ... more details
br flag Georgia country The DemocraticRepublic of Armenia DRA lang hy ..., it bordered the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia to the north, the Ottoman Empire to the west, Persia to the south, and the Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic to the east. From the very onset, the DRA ... Turkish Nationalist forces and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia ... treaty of the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia. After the Ottoman Empire took vast swaths of territory ... DRA army had 6500 pants 3770 hats 10250 shirts 9665 trousers Geography The DemocraticRepublic of Armenia ... Borchalu half Lori subdistrict class wikitable Districts of DemocraticRepublic of Armenia Ararat ... of the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia, located in Yerevan. In 1920, the Republic of Armenia ... existed between Armenia and its new neighbor to the east, the DemocraticRepublic of Azerbaijan ... s Cheka , entered Yerevan, thus effectively ending the existence of the DemocraticRepublic ... Republic of Georgia DemocraticRepublic of Azerbaijan Notes Reflist 2 Further reading hy icon ... DEFAULTSORT DemocraticRepublic Of Armenia Category 1920 disestablishments Category States and territories ... ro Republica Democrat Armean ru simple DemocraticRepublic of Armenia tr Ermenistan ...Infobox Former Country native name conventional long name DemocraticRepublic of Armenia common name Armenia continent Europe region Caucasus country Armenia status Republic era Interwar period government type Republic year start 1918 year end 1920 date start 28 May date end 2 December event start Independence event end Fall of Yerevan p1 TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic flag p1 Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg s1 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic flag s1 Flag of SSRA.svg image coat Coat of Arms of the DRA.svg image flag Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of Armenia.svg image map D R Armenia.png image map caption DRA in 1919 national motto ... more details
DemocraticFederativeRepublic flag p1 Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg s1 Georgian SSR flag s1 Flag of Georgian SSR 1940 1952.png image coat Coat of arms of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia.svg ... of World War I August Uprising Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublicDemocraticRepublic of Armenia History of Georgia country History of Georgia List of Georgian people associated with the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia TranscaucasianDemocraticFederativeRepublic References Georgian titles shouldn ... Armenian Republic 1918 1920.gif image map caption Map of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia, 1918 1921 ... date event1 11 February 1921 The DemocraticRepublic of Georgia DRG lang ka ... s Republic and the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in the north, Ottoman Empire , DemocraticRepublic of Armenia in the south, and Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic in the southeast. It had ..., DemocraticRepublic of Armenia Armenian and DemocraticRepublic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani politicians ... an independent Transcaucasian Federation democratic federation . Many Georgians, influenced ... rayon Zaqatala region , disputed with the Azerbaijan DemocraticRepublic . Lorri neutral zone ... democracy. In accordance with it, the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia equally guarantees to every ... Assembly adopted a constitution of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia, the first modern fundamental ... Georgia in foreign relations. The Government of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia in Exile continued ... of DemocraticRepublic of Georgia of 1921. Political geography Georgia s 1918 1921 borders ... of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia included some territories that today belong to other ...? Legal Acts of the DemocraticRepublic of Georgia 1918 1921 , Tbilisi, 1990 in Georgian I. Tseretelli ... Republic of Georgia DemocraticRepublic of Georgia 1918 1921 by Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze, 2006 ... Red and White by Leon Trotsky , a pamphlet about Georgia DEFAULTSORT DemocraticRepublic Of Georgia ... more details
double image right Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.svg 164 Coat of arms of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.svg 128 The Flag of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo The Coat of arms of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Image LocationDRCongo.svg thumb The location of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Image Un congo kinshasa.png thumb An enlargeable map of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo See also Index of DemocraticRepublic of the Congo related articles The DemocraticRepublic ... cg.html title DemocraticRepublic of the Congo work The World Factbook publisher United States Central ... to DemocraticRepublic of the Congo to distinguish it from the neighboring Republic of the Congo ... of state of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo President Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu renamed the country ... DemocraticRepublic of the Congo. From 1998 to 2003, the country suffered greatly from the devastating ... outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo TOC limit limit 2 General reference Image Congo DemocraticRepublic Map.jpg thumb An enlargeable relief map of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo International Phonetic Alphabet Pronunciation Common English country names The DemocraticRepublic of the Congo , Congo Kinshasa , etc. Official English country name The DemocraticRepublic of the Congo List of adjectival and demonymic forms ... forms of place names Countries and nations Demonym s Etymology Name of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo International rankings of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo ISO country codes CD ... map of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Main Geography of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo The DemocraticRepublic of the Congo is a Nation state country Location Eastern Hemisphere , on the Equator ... Time UTC 02 Extreme points of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo High Margherita Peak convert 5109 ... Gulf of Guinea 37 km Population of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo xxxxx Wikipedia WikiProject ... more details
small conventional long name Moldavian DemocraticRepublic common name Moldavian DemocraticRepublic continent Europe region Eastern Europe year start 1917 year end 1918 event start Established ... DemocraticRepublic lang ro Republica Democratic Moldoveneasc , a.k.a. Moldavian Republic ... November 1917, and started to work in December 1917. It proclaimed the Moldavian DemocraticRepublic as a federal subject autonomous republic of the Russian DemocraticFederativeRepublic ref cite web url http books.google.com books?id 7NxoAAAAMAAJ&pg PA15&img 1&pgis 1&dq 22Russian DemocraticFederativeRepublic 22&sig ACfU3U0qy hLkf gJJ9sLJEBfaeov CZA&edge 0 title The Republic of Moldavia ... legislative and executive bodies, legally ending the Moldavian DemocraticRepublic. The union was confirmed ... the government of the Moldavian DemocraticRepublic the Council of Directors General, with nine ... s Republic File Ion C. Incule 1884 1940 , President of Moldavian Democratic Republic.jpg President ... Forces gallery References Commons Category Moldavian DemocraticRepublic references Category Moldavian DemocraticRepublic Category States and territories established in 1917 Category Post Russian ... p1 Flag of Russia.svg p2 Odessa Soviet Republic flag p2 Red flag.svg s1 Kingdom of Romania flag s1 ... Russian image flag Flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.svg image coat Coat of arms of Moldavian Democratic Republic.svg image map Mold1917.jpg image map caption The Moldavian DemocraticRepublic capital Chi in u Kishinyov government type Republic legislature Sfatul rii title leader President ... Criste . When the republic was proclaimed, Criste stepped down and passed his legal powers to Incule ... People s Republic Ukraine , which thus effectively has cut of Bessarabia from Russia, Sfatul rii proclaimed the independence of the Moldavian Republic on OldStyleDate February 6 1918 January 24 . In the wake ... Cabinet Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet Petru Cazacu Cabinet The leadership of the Moldavian Republic was composed ... more details
Politics of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo The Parliament of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo consists of two chambers The Senate of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Senate upper chamber Upper Chamber The National Assembly of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo National Assembly lower chamber Lower Chamber External links http www.parlement rdc.org Parlement de la Republique Democratique du Congo, Official Site Africa legislatures Category Politics of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Category Parliaments by country Congo, DemocraticRepublic of the Category Government of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Category Bicameral legislatures Congo, DemocraticRepublic legislature stub es Parlamento de la Rep blica Democr tica del Congo fr Parlement du Congo Kinshasa pl Parlament Demokratycznej Republiki Konga ... more details
thumb right 250px Vyacheslav Molotov signing a deal between the USSR and the Finnish DemocraticRepublic The Finnish DemocraticRepublic lang fi Suomen kansanvaltainen tasavalta , lang sv Demokratiska ... Republic of Finland s government . Winter War The Finnish DemocraticRepublic was established on 1 ... was made up of Soviet citizens, leftist Finns who had fled to Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia after the Finnish Civil War . ref name EnglePaananen1 A declaration delivered via Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union TASS on behalf of the Finnish DemocraticRepublic stated ... on November 30 a day before the proclamation of the Finnish DemocraticRepublic saying that, This government would not be Soviet but a democraticrepublic. Nobody will set up soviets there, but we hope ... The Finnish DemocraticRepublic failed to gain support among Finnish workers as the Soviet ... is called the Spirit of the Winter War . The DemocraticRepublic also failed to gain any international ... Murmansk railroad . Otherwise the Finnish DemocraticRepublic would cede the same areas that the Soviets had demanded in Background of the Winter War earlier negotiations from the Republic of Finland ... Socialist Republic Karelian ASSR within the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic RSFSR to form the Karelo Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Karelo Finnish SSR , a republics of the Soviet Union Soviet republic in its own right, after Finland had ceded the areas to the Soviet Union in the Moscow ... &ndash 1940.12.3 center See also Finnish Socialist Workers Republic , an earlier, independent socialist ... Finnish Civil War Background of the Winter War Winter War Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic Commune ... more details
Image Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1987 0124 018, Dresden, Stra enbahnhaltestelle.jpg thumb Dresden , 1987 Transport in the German Democratic Republic was the responsibility of the Ministry of Transport of the German Democratic Republic . See also Deutsche Reichsbahn East Germany Interflug Trabant Barkas Wartburg car Category Economy of East Germany Transport stub ... more details
Disease The DemocraticRepublic of Congo DR Congo was one of the first African countries to recognize HIV, registering cases of HIV among hospital patients as early as 1983. At the end of 2001, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS UNAIDS estimated that 1.3 million Congolese adult and children were living with HIV AIDS, yielding an overall adult List of countries by HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate HIV prevalence of 4.9 . Beyond the 5 mark, the country s epidemic will be considered high level, or firmly established within the general population. By the end of 2003, UNAIDS estimated that 1.1 million people were living with HIV AIDS, for an overall adult HIV prevalence of 4.2 . ref name usaid http www.usaid.gov our work global health aids Countries africa drocongo 04.pdf Health Profile DemocraticRepublic of the Congo . USAID November 2004 . PD notice ref see HIV AIDS in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo See also HIV AIDS in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Ministry of Health DemocraticRepublic of the Congo References reflist External links http www.who.int country cog en World Health Organization WHO Congo DRC topics Africa topic Health in Category Health in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Category Healthcare in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo fr Sant en R publique d mocratique du Congo ... more details
Image Kangu glise juillet 98.jpg thumb 250px Church in Kangu Image Kindu church.jpg thumb 250px Church in Kindu Christianity by country Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the majority religion, followed by about 95.1 of the population. Denominations include Protestant including Kimbanguism 46.5 , Roman Catholic 41.5 , Orthodox 0.1 , and other Christian 6.9 ref http www.joshuaproject.net countries.php?rog3 CG Joshua Project Congo, Democratic Republic of Religions ref . History Christianity in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a unique history to the rest of Sub Saharan Africa Christianity s presence predates the Scramble for Africa , having first arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo in 1491 , brought by Portuguese people Portuguese explorers. ref Hochschild, King Leopold s Ghost ref Nzinga Mbemba Affonso, a provincial chief who became a convert to Christianity, became Manikongo in 1506 and reigned as Afonso I of Kongo Alfonso I , and embarked on a modernization campaign that involved converting the population to Christianity. Modern era See Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Church of Christ in Congo References reflist Links http www.christianitytoday.com ct features news africa congo News relating to Christianity in the Democratic Republic of Congo Africa in topic Christianity in DEFAULTSORT Christianity In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo Category Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRCongo stub Christianity stub ... more details
Politics of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo . During the transition period in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo 2003 2006 , the Senate, aside from its Legislative role, also had the task of drafting the country s new constitution. This task came to fruition with the adoption of the draft in Parliament in May 2005, and its approval by the Congolese people, in a successful democratic referendum on 18 and 19 December 2005. The current President of the Senate is Kengo Wa Dondo , elected in May 2007. The Secretary General is David Byaza Sanda Lutala . Election Members of the Senate are indirectly elected based on proportional representation by the Provincial Assemblies. Each of the 25 provinces elects four senators, with the exception of the city province of Kinshasa , which elects 8. Elected senators serve 5 year terms. Former presidents sit as senators for life by right. Current Senate see DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Senate election, 2007 Senators were elected under the new constitution on 19 January 2007 by the provincial parliaments of their respective Provinces in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo provinces . The results of the latest election was DRC Senate 2007 Transitional Senate DRC Senate See also List of Presidents of the Senate of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Parliament of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo External links fr icon http www.senat.cd Senate of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo DRC topics National upper houses Category Government of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Category National upper houses Congo, DemocraticRepublic of the fr S nat du Congo Kinshasa pl Senat Demokratyczna Republika Konga ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Vivi is a town in the Kongo Central province of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo . It is located on the Congo River , near the provincial capital of Matadi . In the 19th century, it served as the first capital of the Congo Free State from July, 1885 to May 1, 1886, when the capital was relocated to Boma . Coord missing DemocraticRepublic of the Congo DEFAULTSORT Vivi, DemocraticRepublic Of The Congo Category Populated places in Kongo Central Province DRCongo geo stub fr Vivi lb Vivi Kongo ro Vivi, Republica Democrat Congo ... more details
Lamba is a city in Bandundu Province , DemocraticRepublic of the Congo . It has an estimated population of 9930. coord 5.2267 S 18.9664 E display title DRCongo geo stub Category Populated places in Kasai Province pt Lamba ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2007 Sumba is the largest island in the Congo River . Its area is about 500 km . It belongs to the Democratic Republic of the Congo . External links http www.worldislandinfo.com COUNTRYV2.htm coord 1.7451 N 19.5516 E source kolossus frwiki display title Category Islands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category River islands Category Congo River DRCongo geo stub es Sumba Rep blica Democr tica del Congo fr Sumba Congo ... more details
The Democratic Union lang mk Demokratski sojuz is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia . At the last legislative elections in Macedonia elections , 5 July 2006, the party won 2 out of 120 seats as part of coalition led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity . Macedonian political parties RMacedonia party stub Category Political parties in the Republic of Macedonia ca Uni Democr tica Maced nia fr Union d mocratique Mac doine sv Demokratiska unionen ... more details
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