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The only former part of the USSR unwilling to deal with the Russian Federation was tiny Chechnya, deep in the Caucasus Mountains.
唯一不愿意和俄罗斯打交道的前苏联地区就是车臣，车臣位于高加索山的深处。
The Chechens had despised Russians since Alexander the first conquered the Caucasus in the early 19th century.
自亚历山大一世19世纪早期征服高加索之后，车臣人就一直看不起俄国人。
Since then, the Chechens had endured hardships from the Russians and Soviets alike,
从那时起，车臣人就受到了俄国和之后苏联的虐待，
including mass deportations as recently as during the Second World War.
包括在二战时发生的大驱逐。
In 1993, Chechnya declared its complete independence, prompting the first Chechen War of 1994-1996.
1993年，车臣宣布完全独立，引发了1994年到1996年的第一次车臣战争。

The beaten up and underpaid ex-Soviet Army was no real match for the Chechen guerrillas.
残破不堪、得不到足够薪酬的前苏联军完全不是车臣游击队的对手。
President Boris Yeltsin signed a ceasefire with independent Chechnya, rather than sink his nation into yet another Afghanistan crisis.
鲍里斯·叶利钦总统和独立的车臣签订了停战协议，而没有把自己的国家带入另一场阿富汗战争。
Not bad for an old drunk.
对于一个老醉汉来说还不错。
Yet on October 1st 1999, then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin invaded Chechnya, touching off the second Chechen War, which continues to this time.
而在1991年10月1号，当时的总理弗拉基米尔·普京入侵车臣，引发了第二次车臣战争，这场战争一直延续至今。
I should state from the very beginning that both the Russians and the Chechens are equally guilty of terrorist action.
我应该最开始就说明，俄罗斯人和车臣人在恐怖行为上都负有责任。

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教授分析了美国低迷时代产生的主要原因，期间的主要事件，美国总统的表现，以及苏联的所作所为，他还探讨了美国要不要推行美式和平和恐怖主义问题。

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