31.   Hundreds of Lenin monuments were removed from the streets of major Russian cities following the Soviet breakup, but many others have stayed in smaller towns and villages.

32.   If the coup-plotters had succeeded, he said in the comments released Friday, the Soviet breakup would have been violent and bloody.

33.   If the coup-plotters had succeeded, Yeltsin said, the Soviet breakup would have been violent and bloody.

34.   It may be the most frightening legacy of the Soviet breakup.

35.   It may be the scariest legacy of the Soviet breakup.

36.   Legions of missionaries followed, descending on Russia in the wake of the Soviet breakup that marked the end of many religious restrictions imposed during Communist rule.

37.   Many Muscovites were given ownership of their apartments following the Soviet breakup.

38.   Like other republics that emerged from the Soviet breakup, Kazakstan has experience social and economic problems since gaining independence five years ago.

39.   Many Russians have mixed feelings about the Soviet breakup.

40.   Most Caspian oil and gas belongs to three countries that emerged from the Soviet breakup, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Turkmenistan.