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Review

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Geography Lesson 24


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WORDS:
заявить (to declare)
голосование (vote)
независимый (independent)
зависимый (dependent)
содружество (commonwealth)
создать (to create)
SENTENCES:

После голосования они заявили о своей независимости.
(They declared their independence after the vote.)

Лучше быть независимым, чем быть зависимым.
(It is better to be independent, than to be dependent.)

Содружество создали по нескольким причинам.
(The commonwealth was created for several reasons.)


EXTRA:
Содружество Независимых Государств
(Commonwealth of Independent Nations)

Member States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Associated States: Turkmenistan and Ukraine

Former Member: Georgia

Baltic States: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania