Several of the other countries it occupied that were not directly annexed into the USSR became Soviet satellite states.

" Several delegates to the Congress were quite specific in the criticism, one of them accusing Lenin and his associates of making the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic a place of exile for opponents.

Several Soviet Socialist Republics began resisting central control, and increasing democratization led to a weakening of the central government.

Several countries ( including the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union ) have had unique flags flown by their armed forces, rather than the national flag.

Several months later Israel withdrew its forces from Sinai, following strong pressure from the United States, and the Soviet Union.

Several countries which had been part of the Soviet Union regained their full independence.

** Several Soviet surface-to-air missiles shoot down an American Lockheed U-2 spy plane.

Several thousand Estonians who had joined the Finnish army came back across the Gulf of Finland to join the newly formed Territorial Defense Force, assigned to defend Estonia against the Soviet advance.

Several military derivatives took precedence in the Soviet design process, though they never came to pass.

Several prominent members of the Chinese Soviet who remained behind were captured and executed by the Kuomintang after the fall of Ruijin in November 1934, including Qu Qiubai and the youngest brother of Mao Zedong, Mao Zetan.

Several documents show LeMay advocating preemptive attack of the Soviet Union, had it become clear the Soviets were preparing to attack SAC or the US.

Several other failed attempts at Venus flyby probes were launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, but were not announced as planetary missions at the time, and hence did not officially receive the " Venera " designation.

Several Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania were run by fascist governments similar to Nazi Germany before and during World War II, and all were client states of the Soviet Union after the war ; Borduria may be presumed to be in a similar situation.

Several Soviet engineers participated in assembly of the tanks at the Vickers Factory in 1930.

Several Soviet technical teams were sent to Syria in the wake of the war to gather information.

Several Soviet rockets including the Soyuz spacecraft have used parachutes and airbag landing systems to dampen the landing on earth.

Several of these allude to a mass conspiracy between the press ( including newspaper magnate John S. Knight of Knight-Ridder ), the U. S. government, the USSR ( even in tiles seemingly made years after the Soviet Union's dissolution ), and Jews.

Several hundred thousand Belorussians, Poles, Ukrainians and members of other minorities were executed or deported by the Soviet government during the 1930s.

Several events fueled suspicion and distrust between the western powers and the Soviet Union: the Bolsheviks ' challenge to capitalism ; the Polish – Soviet War ; the 1926 Soviet funding of a British general workers strike causing Britain to break relations with the Soviet Union ; Stalin's 1927 declaration that peaceful coexistence with " the capitalist countries.

Several of those arrested and interrogated by Soviet agents in Ulan-Bator fingered Jambyn Lkhümbe, then secretary of the MPRP Central Committee, as their leader.

Several additional species have been described in the southern parts of the former Soviet Union, but are not regarded as distinct by most botanists.

Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground, as Kingman was the only sizable, developed town within a convenient distance.

Several aging legends in the business, such as Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng, suddenly found themselves the center of attention, receiving acclaim and accolades after decades of being virtually ignored by audiences and industry professionals alike.

Several clubs hired top-class professionals, including Sydney Barnes, and matches became very popular.

Several distinct neighborhood evolved in the 1970s, including Morasha on the southern edge, one with many military and air force personnel in the eastern edge, and many successful professionals moved into the developing city.

Several full-time professionals, including the newspaper's publisher and the advertising and circulation managers, are employees of IMC.

Several medical professionals expressed concerns that this could contribute to an overuse of antibiotics which leads to antibiotic resistance, a serious public health concern.

Several minor show business professionals demonstrated their performances on the show, including piano juggler Dan Menendez.

Several other European professionals, including Harry Demetriou ( Koumari Boy ), Padraig Parkinson ( Padraig ), Neil Channing ( Bad Beat ) and John Duthie have posted on the group's forum.

Several Bethany professionals and graduates are also associated with a renewed interest in theopoetics.

Several mental health professionals concluded that Richey suffered from borderline antisocial personality disorders.

Several empirical research studies have examined the effects on health professionals and college undergraduates from receiving training in the Passage Meditation ( PM ) program.

Several examples might include athletic and entertainment professionals born and raised in poverty and suddenly finding themselves with significantly higher sources of income due to their new-found celebrity status.

Several adjacent residential buildings just south of Thomas Gangemi Drive are often advertised by real estate professionals as being in Newport, but are actually located outside thereof.

Several well-known horror enthusiasts publicly criticized the German ban on the movie, including author Stephen King ( who gave it a rave review in the November 1982 issue of Twilight Zone ).

Several characteristics of CVS have been frequently criticized.

Several international governments criticized Bildt for having been ineffective and too closely affiliated with the Serbs in Bosnia and Serbia.

Several of the residents in attendance criticized the Township Board of Trustees for not doing more to maintain the public safety department.

Several organizations criticized Fujimori's methods in the struggle against Shining Path and the MRTA.

Several times in his writings he criticized townspeople and nobles who used their resources in unproductive ways to be carried round in chairs, to serve in houses and waste money on luxury.

Several researchers have criticized Eliade's work as having no empirical support.

Several so-called Reality TV programs have been criticized for their promotion of venal behavior ; specifically Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire ?, in which fifty women competed to marry a presumed multi-millionaire who was shown only in silhouette.

Several American academics have criticized the United States Constitution for specific shortcomings and have called for a Second Constitutional Convention, including University of Texas constitutional law expert Sanford Levinson, University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato, University of Kentucky professor Richard Labunski, Vanderbilt University professor Dana D. Nelson, and Yale University professor Robert A. Dahl, although professor Dahl believes there is no real hope that such a Convention might ever happen.

Several of Vang Pao's high-level U. S. supporters have criticized the California court that issued the arrest warrants, arguing that Vang Pao is a historically important American ally and valued current leader of U. S. and foreign-based Hmong.

Several feminists NGO, such as AFVT criticized this decision.

Several issues (# 14, # 13, #) give accounts of Pekar's becoming a recurring guest on the NBC television show Late Night with David Letterman, including a 1987 interview segment in which Pekar criticized Letterman for ducking criticism of General Electric, the parent company of NBC.

Several other mayoral candidates criticized Premier McGuinty and the provincial Liberals for jumping into the race.

Several curators within the Smithsonian criticized the decision, as did critics, with Newsweek arts critic Blake Gopnik going so far as to call the complaints " gay bashing " and not a legitimate public controversy.

Several online reviews have criticized the American adaptation for its apparent lack of story line coherence, mixture of realistic and cartoonish drawing styles, and bad Chinese-to-English translation, among other issues.

Several iquiteños citizens criticized about it via Twitter.

Several press and media agencies criticized loudly the Iraqi Shiia Coalition during the constitution writing process.

Several players, including ' 05 league cup final hero Jean-Christophe Devaux, also openly criticized Papin's methods.

Several members of the Society have been criticized by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith or US Bishops ' Conference Committee on Doctrine, including Roger Haight, Richard McBrien, Elizabeth Johnson, Peter Phan, Margaret Farley.

Several prominent figures have criticized FIDE over this matter, with both Grandmaster Boris Gulko, a Jew with joint American and Israeli citizenship, and Beatriz Marinello, president of the United States Chess Federation writing open letters to FIDE criticizing their handling of the issue.

Several players criticized the contracts that overpaid unproven players.

Several European countries have been criticized by the U. N. for fostering religious intolerance through state funded anti sect organizations.

Several critics have criticized Foxman's opposition to the Park51 Islamic community center near Ground Zero citing hypocrisy since ADL's mission statement says it seeks " to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens.

Several of the statements that Bush and his administration made leading up to the war in Iraq, especially those involving claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, have been criticized as misleading or inaccurate.