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The Holodomor, [a] also known as the Ukrainian Famine, [8] [9] [b] was a mass famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–1933 which affected the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union.
Syria, [d] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [e] [15] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
In 1974, after a devastating flood despite the availability of food grains, a famine began that killed around a million. [15] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh , in a desperate bid to save the situation, amended the constitution and "institutionalized autocracy " by making him effectively the "unimpeachable" President ...
Prince Edward Island [a] is an island province of Canada. While it is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". [8]
Maine has an income tax structure containing two brackets, 6.5 and 7.95 percent of personal income. [103] Before July 2013, Maine had four brackets: 2, 4.5, 7, and 8.5 percent. [104] Maine's general sales tax rate is 5.5 percent. The state also levies charges of nine percent on lodging and prepared food and ten percent on short-term auto ...
So, a log house with hay and a shed cost from 10 to 25 karbovanets, a log barn – 3 karbovanets, a cart for horses – 40 to 50 kopecks, a plow – 12 kopecks, a fattened pig – 1,5 kopecks, a sheep – 50 kopecks, a goose – 10 kopecks, chicken – 2 kopecks, plain coat – 1,2 kopecks, striped hat – 30 kopecks, boots – 20 to 30 kopecks.
The Telangana Rebellion of 1946–51, locally known as Telangana Sayudha Poratam, [note 1] was a communist-led insurrection of peasants against the princely state of Hyderabad in the region of Telangana that escalated out of agitations in 1944–46.