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29.03.2005 - Estonia
Background: After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops left in 1994, Estonia has been free to promote economic and political ties with Western Europe. It joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
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29.03.2005 - Smolensk
Smolensk is an administrative center of Smolensk region. The region, which has a territory of 49,798 sq. km. and population of 1,034,000 people, is situated on the west of East European plain. It stretches 280 km west to east and 250 km north to south.
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29.03.2005 - Volgograd
The city of Volgograd, formerly called Tsaritsyn (1598-1925) and Stalingrad (1925-1961) is the capital of Volgograd region located in southwestern Russia. Volgograd is a port on the Volga River and the eastern terminus of the Volga-Don Canal. Volgograd stretches along the right shore of Volga River for almost 100 kilometers, and is the second lengthwise city in Europe. The population is about 1 million people.
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29.03.2005 - Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar is the capital of the Komi Republic, one of the regions of Russia. The region is located in the north-west of Russia. The area of the region is 415.9 sq. km. The population is 1,185 thousand people. The population of Syktyvkar is 225.8 thousand people. The city stands on the left bank of Sysola River, close to the place where Sysola merges with the larger Vychegda River, a branch of Northern Dvina. The city is located north-east of Moscow.
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29.03.2005 - Kaluga
Kaluga is a city in Central Russia, administrative center of Kaluga Region. Kaluga region is situated in the centre of the European part of Russia and is a part of the Central Federal District. It borders Moscow region in the north, Bryansk and Oryol regions in the south, Smolensk region in the west and Tula region in the east. Kaluga region covers 30 thousand sq. km. There are 45 municipal districts, 19 towns, 11 urban settlements and 3228 rural settlements in the region. The population of the region is 1040,9 thousand people.
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29.03.2005 - Tallinn
Today, Tallinn is the capital of one of the most rapidly developing economies in the Baltic Sea Region. During the 10 years Tallinn has developed into a very modern and open city with tall glass and steel buildings, illuminated signs of major international companies, large shopping malls, newly renovated airport, ever growing cargo and passenger ports as well as dozens of new manufacturing and warehouse complexes. The medieval capital has turned into a modern IT-driven business cluster for various trades and industries.
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29.03.2005 - Kostroma
Kostroma is the administrative center of Kostroma region of Russia. It is located at the confluence of Kostroma and Volga Rivers. Kostroma is quite big provincial town situated 230 kilometers north-east of Vladimir, 76 km east of Yaroslavl and 340 kilometers north-east of Moscow. There are 288,000 people living in the town.
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29.03.2005 - Kurgan
The town of Kurgan is an administrative center of Kurgan region. Kurgan region is located in the south of the West-Siberian Plain, in the Tobol basin. It borders the Republic of Kazakstan. The population of the region is 1,116,800 people which is 0.75% of Russia’s total. The population of Kurgan is 375 thousand people. The city has more than 300 years history.
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29.03.2005 - Petrozavodsk
The port of Petrozavodsk, also called Petroskoi in Karelian and Finnish, stands on the banks of Onezhskoye Ozero (Lake Onega). Today it is capital of the Autonomous Republic of Karelia, which is one of the regions of Russian Federation. The area of the republic is 172,000 sq. km. The population is about 794,000 people. Petrozavodsk is industrial, cultural and science center of the republic. The population of the town is 266,000 people.
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29.03.2005 - Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk is the administrative center of Ulyanovsk region of the Russian Federation. The region is located in the central part of European Russia in the heart of the Middle Volga on both sides of the Volga River. It borders the Republic of Mordovia, the Chuvash Republic, the Republic of Tatarstan, and Penza, Saratov, and Samara regions of Russian Federation. The area of the region is 37,300 sq. km and population is 1,315,000 people. There are 32 towns in the region.
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