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Richard Antony French
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BIOGRAPHY

Senior Lecturer in Geography, University College, 1972–94, and School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1972–91, University of London. Author of The U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe.

Primary Contributions (5)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka stands between Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, in front of Russian and Belarusian flags.
History of Belarus, history of Belarus from prehistory to the present. The Belarusian region has a long history of human settlement. Archaeology has provided evidence of Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) cultures, and Neolithic (New Stone Age) remains are widespread. The area was one of the…
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