Upon the collapse of the USSR, rates began to rise in most republics of the FSU [ 9].
Under this constitution the Serenissima ("Most Serene Republic") produced the most satisfactory form of government and society known in the world at that time.
JUST over two years ago Ingushetia, the smallest and once the most peaceful republic in the north Caucasus, was in a state of civil war.
OVER the past three years, Bolivia has done its best to live up to its earlier reputation as South America's most unstable republic.
Working with John English, Witney created many, if not most, of Republic's best serials, among them "Daredevils of the Red Circle" (1939) and "Drums of Fu Manchu" (1940).
At its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries the Most Serene Republic of Venice was a giant, clamorous Costco-on-the-Rialto.
Eventually, one of the rival factions in Constantinople offered a deal with Venice: in exchange for covering the Most Serene Republic's losses, the faction would receive Venetian military muscle to secure its claim on the Byzantine throne.
On Friday, the whole entourage speeds off again along a route that goes out to Rimini on the Adriatic Sea, back through the Most Serene Republic of San Marino and then through the Appenine Mountains to Rome.
It was not clear how much Mr. Eto'o knew about Dagestan, a mountainous region on the western shore of the Caspian Sea that has surpassed Chechnya as the most violent republic in the North Caucasus.
