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A sovkhoz is a state farm from the time of the USSR. Sovkhozes were created during the expropriation of the "kulaks" during Stalin's campaign of collectivization after 1928.

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Steve McCurry first went to Afghanistan in 1979, just before the Soviet invasion, to capture striking images of the conflict.

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The author of The Jungle Book is Rudyard Kipling. Published in 1894, this collection of short stories recounts the adventures of Mowgli, a child raised by wolves.

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Table Mountain is a massif in the Western Cape province of South Africa, which overlooks the city of Cape Town.

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Daniel Craig has played James Bond five times, in films released between 2006 and 2021, marking a turning point in the character's history.

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Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of pre-Columbian Mayan civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén basin in what is now northern Guatemala.

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Monsters, Inc. was created by director and screenwriter Pete Docter, and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was released in 2001 under Disney's management.

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The Mekong rises on the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province, at an altitude of around 5,000 metres, near Mount Guozongmucha.

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The length of the Nile is estimated at between 6,650 and 6,895 km, while that of the Amazon varies from 6,400 to 7,062 km, depending on measurement methods.

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Bagan is a vast Buddhist archaeological site of nearly 50 square kilometres located in the Mandalay Region, in the central plain of Burma, on the left bank of the Irrawaddy River. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first Burmese empire.

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