Word: caspian
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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There are at least 200 million people in the Soviet Union. Of them, 140 million live in Russia's western tip, the area inside the arc that runs through Leningrad and along the Volga to Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea. In other words, 70% of the U.S.S.R.'s people are concentrated in about 13% of the nation's area. (In the U.S., 70% of the population is concentrated in 32% of its area...
...Russia's oil production, concentrated vulnerably in the Caspian Sea area, north of Iran, and a markedly weak feature of its industrial system, is expected to top 35 million metric tons this year. (U.S. production: 262 million.) The Balkan satellites may divert two or three million more tons to Russia. The rich oilfields of Iran and Iraq would double Russia's oil output, but the Soviet Union would meet stiff U.S. and British opposition if it tried to seize them...