Word: belorussia
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...Belorussia is industrially strong, so that means we contribute much more to Moscow than we get in return. Belorussians also work harder than people in all the other republics. Our national front is seeking independence, but I'm not so sure. All the republics can help each other. We have good farming, so if we secede, we will be fine. But those republics that do not have rich earth will not be able to survive on their...
...just a question of not using Azerbaijani soldiers, but Uzbeks, Tadahiks, Chechens -- any of the Muslim peoples. They were viewed with mistrust by Armenians, who feared that these soldiers would always defend the Azerbaijanis. We tried to see that boys of Slavic extraction, from Russia, the Ukraine or Belorussia, served in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many former soldiers have taken sides, and some of them have served in Afghanistan. Not only enlisted men but also officers who once held the rank of lieutenant colonel are now fighting for the Armenians and Azerbaijanis. These veterans are as experienced as our soldiers...
...following the path from Rome that was trod by missionaries of long ago, the envoys of the Holy See scored major triumphs in Eastern Europe last week. First, with the remarkable assent of the Kremlin, Pope John Paul II named a new bishop for Belorussia, a Soviet republic that borders Poland. It was the first such appointment in 63 years; the region's last Catholic bishop was sent to prison in 1927. The Pontiff then named three new bishops and regularized the status of a fourth to give hard-line Czechoslovakia its fullest hierarchy since the Communists launched a postwar...
...Minsk, capital of Belorussia, Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, 43, was named apostolic administrator (acting bishop under direct Vatican jurisdiction), thus becoming the leader of the republic's 2 million Catholics. Kondrusiewicz, a former architect who attended seminary in Lithuania, has been a priest only since...