Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Contingents are called to the colors in Russia, Poland, Rumania, Yugd-Slavia, Spain and Greece for two years; in France and Italy for 18 months; in Czecho-Slovakia for 14 months; in Belgium for one year...
...countries which have adopted this system: Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Denmark and Finland (only a semi-militia system). The respective terms of military service for the first years are: 65 days, 48 days, 150 days, 160 days, 150 days, one year (owing to Finland's fear of Russia...
...Russia...
...case of Russia, which has a population of about 131,000,000, the author admits that she could not possibly use 26,000,000 men. His main reasons: poor railway communication, scarcity of equipment. He doubts if Russia could put more than one third of the 1,600,000 mobilizable men quickly into the field...
...contract becomes operative 45 days after the Government of Georgia (South Russia), liquidates its monopoly of manganese exports. This done, the Moscow Government will receive at Lloyd's Bank in London the sum of $1,000,000, which the Harriman interests have advanced against the first year's royalties...