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| Carpathians | Rugged mountains stretching frm the Alps to the Black Sea. |
| Balakn Peninsula | To the east of Italy is one of the largest peninsulas in Europe extending with into the Mediterranean. |
| Chernobyl | In 1986, a faulty reactor at this nuclear power plant exploded releasing huge amounts of radiation into the air. |
| infrastructure | The set of resources, like roads, airports, and factories, that a country needs in order to support economic activities. |
| Warsaw | The capital of Poland. |
| Prague | The capital of the Czech Republic. |
| Kiev | The capital of Ukraine. |
| Commonwealth of Indepdendent States | An alliance that meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affect former Soviet republics. |
| Budapest | The capital of Hungary. |
| ethnic cleansing | To remove all members of a group of people from a country or region. |
| Albania | The poorest country in Europe. |
