Many European Soviet citizens and much of Russia's industry were relocated to Kazakhstan during World War II, when Nazi armies threatened to capture all the European industrial centers of the Soviet Union.

* 1918 – Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

In 1914 Russia entered World War I in response to Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Russia's ally Serbia, and fought across multiple fronts while isolated from its Triple Entente allies.

When the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia in November 1917, they called for Russia's immediate withdrawal as a member of the Allies of World War I.

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk ( now Brest, Belarus ) between Russia ( the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic ) and the Central Powers marking Russia's exit from World War I.

The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I as an enemy of her co-signatories, on unexpectedly humiliating terms.

* Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, a treaty between the Russian SFSR and the Central Powers, marking Russia's exit from World War I

Between 1926 and 1989, Russia's rural population shrank from 76 million people to 39 million, due to urbanization, collectivization, dekulakization, and the World War II losses, but has nearly stabilized since.

* Weeks, Albert L. Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U. S. S. R. in World War II.

Russia's casualties in this war were the highest of all nations, and numbered more than 20 million dead ( Russians composed 80 % of the 26. 6 million people lost by the USSR ), which is about half of all World War II casualties and the vast majority of Allied casualties.

In 1915, World War I needs led to the construction of the railroad from Petrozavodsk to an ice-free location on the Murman Coast in the Russian Arctic, to which Russia's allies shipped military supplies.

Kerensky declared freedom of speech, released thousands of political prisoners and did his best to maintain Russian involvement in World War I, but he faced numerous challenges, most of them related to the war: there were some very heavy military losses still being experienced out on the front ; dissatisfied soldiers were deserting in larger numbers than before ( although, when they got back home, they were generally either imprisoned or sent to the front once more ); other political groups were doing their utmost to undermine him ; there was a strong movement in favour of stopping Russia's involvement in the war, which was seen to be draining the country, and many who had initially supported it now wanted out ; there was a great shortage of food and supplies, which was very difficult to remedy in wartime conditions.

Victorious in two wars and enjoying Russia's full support, Serbia now had the necessary self-confidence to resume her aspirations over Austro-Hungarian occupied Bosnia, to ignite the July crisis of 1914 and to keep the uncompromising position that led, through the existing European chains of alliances, to the outbreak of World War I.

However, the initial wave of support for the Provisional Government amongst the Russian people soon subsided and was replaced by a growing unrest, a result mainly of Russia's continued participation in the First World War and the economic ramifications this decision had for Russian society.

Russia's continued participation in the First World War had resulted in continued social unrest and this in turn increased calls for restoration of order from the right wing and intensified their fears of another revolution.

His first experience with Russia's junior team was at the 1997 World Junior Championships, recording three points in six games as Russia defeated the Czech Republic for the bronze medal.

Lyashenko captained Russia's team at the 1999 World Junior Championships, which were held in Winnipeg.

With the start of World War I PSR found itself divided on the issue of Russia's participation in the war.

In the run-up to World War II Russia's foreign policy centered around the idea of National Bolshevism, through which the Bolshevik political elite in Russia sought to instigate and support communist-nationalist revolutions around the world, most notably in Hungary and Germany, and then absorb the newly independent areas into a Soviet commonwealth — a goal that was achieved after World War II with the Warsaw Pact.

As result of Russia's withdrawal from World War I, and the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the area was acquired by Germany and transferred to Belarusian People's Republic.

In 1914, Barnaul was the site of a draft riot, Russia's largest during World War I, which resulted in over a hundred casualties.

After the Second World War, Dmitri Shostakovich was Russia's most prominent composer.

Somewhat reversing Russia's stinging losses in 1904-1905, after World War II the Soviet government insisted on occupying the Liaodong Peninsula but allowed joint control over the Southern branch with China ; all this together received the name of the " Chinese Changchun Railway " ( Russian: < font lang =" ru "> Кита ́ йская Чанчу ́ ньская желе ́ зная доро ́ га </ font >).

In 2011, he was involved in the Swiss-mediated Russian – Georgian negotiations over Russia's ascension to World Trade Organization.

As the World War unwound, Sazonov worked to prevent Romania from joining the Central Powers and wrested in March 1915 an acquiescence from Russia's allies to the post-war occupation of the Bosphorus, Constantinople, and the European side of the Dardanelles.

The writer made a conscious effort to distance himself from the politics, and succeeded almost, but in 1915 was throat-deep in it again, becoming friends with Alexander Kerensky and joining Maxim Gorky-led ' left patriots ' movement calling for Russia's withdrawal from the War in the painless possible way.

** Three Books of Known Space ( 1996 reprint of Tales of Known Space, with " Madness Has Its Place " in place of " The Borderland of Sol ", packed with World of Ptavvs and A Gift from Earth )

* World of Ptavvs / A Gift From Earth / Neutron Star ( 1991 omnibus )

Her autobiography Der geschenkte Gaul-Bericht aus einem Leben ( The Gift Horse-Report of a Life ) from 1970 was a candid recount of her life in Germany during and after World War II.

The album track, " Love Is a Gift ," won Newton-John a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after being featured on the daytime serial, As The World Turns.

" Transatlantic Generosity: Canada's ‘ Billion Dollar Gift ’ to the United Kingdom in the Second World War.

* Tom Miles, professional athlete / sprinter, Winner 1927 Stawell Gift, 1928 World Champion.

* Season 5: " No Place Like Home " ( first appearance ); " Family "; " Shadow "; " Checkpoint "; " Blood Ties "; " I Was Made to Love You "; " Forever "; " Intervention "; " Tough Love "; " Spiral ; " The Weight of the World "; " The Gift " ( killed )

* Donald Winkler, The World of the Gift

Some of the celebrities who have read on the show include Philip Bosco ( Barbara Bash's Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus ), Michael Ansara ( Paul Goble's The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Sheila MacGill Callahan's And Still the Turtle Watched ), Josie de Guzman ( Leyla Torres ' Saturday Sancocho ), Jason Robards ( Francine Jacobs ' Sam the Sea Cow ), Bill Cosby ( Marc Brown's Arthur's Eyes ), Eartha Kitt ( Megan McDonald's Is This a House for Hermit Crab?

* Louis Werner, 2001, A Gift of Ghazals, Saudi Aramco World

Their CD, Gift to the World was produced by her husband Mike Denneen, with whom she is raising a child.

* Gift to the World ( CD )-Q Division-2003

30 % comes from other World Vision programs and nonprofit organizations as Gift in Kind.

The 2011 Gift Carnival included the inaugural World Banana Hurl Championship which was won by Tim Eschebach from Thornton with a throw of 65. 99 metres.

It is also the place of residence for the Jewish community targeted by Hitler during the Second World War in the novel The Morning Gift.

During World War I he contributed to relief books, including King Albert's Book ( 1914 ), Princess Mary's Gift Book, and, unusually, his own Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross ( 1915 ) including 20 colour images.

“ Obligation, Coercion, and Economy: The Gift of Deed in Congreve ’ s The Way of the World .” In The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England, ed.

The Turner family purchased the building in 1967 to create the World ’ s Largest Gift Shop and the King of Kings Wax Museum, adding faux lava portions at that time.

A Gift of the Emperor ( 1997 ), her first novel, concerns a Korean schoolgirl, Soon-Ah, who is forced into military prostitution by the Japanese government during World War II.

In the CBS movie of the week " A Mother's Gift " she was seen as a character that aged thirty years, whereas in in a World War II drama entitled “ Miriam ” she played a Catholic woman who risks her life to save a Jewish girl from the Nazis.

The building also houses Peaceful World Foundation, the Peace Center, Peace Arts Gallery and Gift Shop and Red Vic Peace Cafe.

He is President of the National Holiday Fund, which takes sick and disabled children to Disney World in Florida, has been patron to Childline for over 18 years, and of the Orphans ' Gift Fund South East London Boroughs, Constables Branch Board, Metropolitan Police.

* Author, " Surfing, Hawaii's Gift to the World " ( 1977 )