loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
northwestern part; the northwest
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
hard to reach place; remote place
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
communism; Communist Party
(political) administration; political power
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
reigning; controlling; dictating
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
personality cult; cult of personality
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
heavy-handed; iron-fisted; authoritarian
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
democratization; democratisation
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
beginning (of a century, etc.)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
death from disease; death from illness