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• Israel, Relations with —    In the post–World War II era, Joseph Stalin was one of the strongest advocates for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the first country to recognize the existence of Israel in 1948.… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Turkmenistan, Relations with —    The territory of modern Turkmenistan was annexed by tsarist Russia in the late 1800s. The incorporation of the region, which was dominated by Turkmen nomads, extended Russia’s border with Iran and its influence over much of the Caspian Sea.… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Russia, Relations with —    Only after the beginning of the 18th century was Tsarist Russia a problematic element in the foreign policy of the Habsburg monarchy. The ongoing expansion of the Romanov dynasty’s holdings to the west and southwest at the expense of two… …   Historical dictionary of Austria

• Thailand, Relations with —    Sharing both a common IndoBuddhist civilization and many centuries of antagonism, the governments of Burma and Thailand followed fundamentally different courses after World War II. Under both U Nu and Ne Win, Burmese policies emphasized… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

• Italy, Relations with —    As Holy Roman emperors until Napoleon put an end to the office in 1806, Habsburgs were titular sovereigns in several principalities throughout the Italian peninsula. In the 16th century, the Spanish branch of the house of Austria occupied and… …   Historical dictionary of Austria

• Azerbaijan, Relations with —    Azerbaijan, a Caspian country in the southern Caucasus, was incorporated into the Russian Empire during the early 1820s through the Treaties of Gulistan and Turkmenchay with Persia. The discovery of petroleum in the 1870s resulted in an… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Serbia, Relations with —    Based on a shared antipathy to the Ottoman Empire, a common faith, and pan Slavism, Serbia and Russia have a long history of relations. After World War II, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) supported the establishment of the… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Japan, Relations with —    Before World War II, Japan had rather small scale trade and cultural relations with Burma. On the eve of the war, such prominent politicians as U Saw and Ba Maw cultivated friendly ties with Japanese diplomats and undercover agents as a means… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

• Iran, Relations with —    Persian Russian relations date to the 18th century as the Romanov Empire began to expand south of the Caucasus. During the 1800s, Russia annexed Persian held Azerbaijan and displaced Iranian influence in Central Asia. During the Russian Civil… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Ukraine, Relations with —    No foreign country is as important to Russian identity as Ukraine, particularly given that Russia traces its statehood back to 9th century Kiev, now the capital of Ukraine. In 1654, the Left Bank of Ukraine (east of the Dnieper River) was… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Lithuania, Relations with —    During the late 18th century, most of modern day Lithuania was annexed by the Russian Empire as part of the larger dismantlement of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. An independent Lithuania emerged in the 1920s after wars with both Poland… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation