Adygey Republic
Adygey Republic or Adygeya, formerly Adyge Autonomous Region, constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 435,000), c.2,935 sq mi (7,600 sq km), an enclave within Krasnodar Territory, SE European Russia, at the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus. Maykop is the capital. Agriculture is the chief occupation; wheat, corn, and rice are the leading food crops. Cattle raising is the predominant farm industry. Forests in the Caucasian foothills support a lumber industry. The Maykop region has oil and natural gas deposits. Oil refining, food processing, furniture making, and the production of machinery, machine tools, and building materials are leading industries. The Muslim Adygey (or Cherkess) people (see Circassia ) are known for their tapestries and other handicrafts. The Adygey people make up only 22% of the population of the republic; 68% of the population is Russian. The region was conquered (1830-64) by the Russians from the Turks, who had introduced Islam. It was established as an autonomous region [oblast] in 1922. The region was given republic status in 1991, and was a signatory of the Mar. 31, 1992, treaty of federation. Russians and other people of Slavic descent have called for merging the republic into the surrounding Krasnodar Territory, leading to ethnic tensions in Adygeya.
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Meech Lake revived.(Meech Lake Accord)
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 10/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...months to put life into the ailing Meech Lake Accord. New Brunswick's Frank McKenna...dice." The deadline for ratifying Meech is days away. There is a definite...inevitably drifted around to the Meech Lake Accord. Nothing was agreed...
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Clyde Wells.(Meech Lake Accord)
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 10/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...out in the whole Meech Lake drama and now the curtain...his strategy for pushing Meech through. He said he told...resisted calling a meeting on Meech. He kept saying there...deadline for approving Meech Lake so Manitoba could...failure of the Meech Lake Accord. ...
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Meech Lake stumbles.(Meech Lake Accord)
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 10/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...Mulroney after the premiers signed the Meech Lake Accord. But, now it's looking like...Brunswick say they won't ratify Meech Lake as it stands. Newfoundland...nothing has been resolved. If the Meech Lake Accord isn't dead it certainly...
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Meech Lake Accord.
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 10/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...government's country retreat at Meech Lake, outside Ottawa. Prime Minister...opposed to the way in which the Meech Lake Accord weakens the powers of the federal...separatism. One way or another, Meech Lake may mean the peace of the grave...
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U.S.-Canada accord in no danger if Meech Lake agreement crumbles.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 6/7/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...In No Danger If Meech Lake Agreement Crumbles Canada...over ratification of the Meech Lake accord, a package...have balked at ratifying Meech Lake by the June 23 deadline...scramble to save the Meech Lake accord, the specter of an independent...return, the ...
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Cree de coeur. (Cree Indian filibuster on Meech Lake accord)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/23/1990; 700+ words
; ...all ten provinces to ratify the Meech Lake amendments. Until the final hours before the Meech Lake accord was due to expire on June 23rd...recognised as "a distinct society" in Meech Lake, and themselves ignored...
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Vive le Quebec libre! (Meech Lake Accord fails)
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/23/1990; 561 words
; ...Canadian jokes, has had its revenge. The passive resistance of the Newfoundland provincial government scuttled the Meech Lake Accord, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's desperate attempt to keep a restive Quebec happy, and it may have scuttled Canada...
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Canada's Western Provinces Want More Independence;Failure of Meech Lake Accord Sets Stage for Provincial Leaders' Call for Increase in Regionalism
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/28/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...June 23 when Manitoba and Newfoundland refused to join the country's eight other provinces in ratifying the Meech Lake accord. The accord, named for a Quebec resort where the agreement took shape, would have given predominantly French-speaking...
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A bilingual conversation. (Meech Lake accord) (satirical poem) (column)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 7/30/1990; ; 449 words
; "A pity! But I'm sure we all agree.We'll wait two years, then make another plea. "Fini.' "I know Meech Lake's defeat has caused a stir. What can one say, except such things occur'?A tout A I'heure. But most of us were...
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Meech Lake runs dry. (Canada's constitutional crisis)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/14/1990; 700+ words
; ...months, an esoteric quarrel over the Meech Lake amendments to the country's 1982...decisive move. But time is short. The Meech Lake accord lapses on June 23rd unless all ten...negligible. Mr Mulroney hammered out the Meech Lake accord on a summer's night...
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Meech Lake Accord
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Meech Lake Accord (April 1987) An abortive Canadian constitutional settlement, arising...Prime Minister Mulroney and the premiers of all Canadian provinces met at Meech Lake (Quebec) to agree on a compromise. Quebec was recognized as having...
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Progressive Conservative party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to resolve the delicate constitutional issues of provincial status in the failed Meech Lake Accords and unsuccessful constitutional proposals, and negotiated a free trade agreement (1987) with the United States...
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Canadian Alliance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Quebec within the Canadian confederation (see also Meech Lake Accord ). Led by Preston Manning , the party campaigned strongly against the Charlottetown Accord (see Canada ) in 1992, and in the 1993 elections it...
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Clark, Charles Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...with the task of putting together a constitutional package in the aftermath of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord . The resulting Charlottetown Accord (1992) was defeated in a referendum by six provinces and one territory, and Clark announced...
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Brian Mulroney
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...States, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mulroney tried, through the failed Meech Lake Accord , to settle the problem of the constitutional status of Quebec. In 1992 he engineered a subsequent constitutional...
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