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    Ugb Sbhfamrfmthdf d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb

    Ugrdungdut tgb 3:tg Abftury

    Lldhrb eb Lmstbr = M``mhrbs Burdpbffbs

    Bomtbrhfm Usmrbndrdetsbvm

    Zrd`bssbur adrrbatbur9 Ugdlms Smhfbmu

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    Umckb d` Adftbfts

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    Hftrdeuathdf

    Ugb ghstdry d` tgb Crhthsg adkdfhmk systbl stmrts hf tgb =0

    tg

    abftury wgbf tgbBlphrbs `hrst dutpdsts mrb arbmtbe hf Fdrtg Mlbrham mfe hf tgb Amrhccbmf. Hf =0::

    ]ubbf Bkhzmcbtg nrmfts m Sdymk Agmrtbr td m adlpmfy d` lbragmfts, wghag nrdws td

    cbadlb tgb rbfdwfbe Bmst Hfehmf Adlpmfymfe dctmhfs m ldfdpdky df trmeb whtg

    tgb aduftrhbs d` tgb Hfehmf mfe Zmah`ha Dabmfs. Hf tgb vbry cbnhffhfn d` tgb

    =>tg abftury Bfnkhsg trmebrs sbttkb hf sdutgbrf Hfehm mfe tgus stmrt tgb tgrbb abftury

    kdfn ghstdry d` Crhthsg Hfehm, tgb pbmrk tgb hf Crhthsg ardwf.

    Kdre Nbdrnb Fmtgmfhbk Aurzdf, vhabrdy d` Hfehm (=788-=8:2) mfe Crhthsg

    @drbhnf Qbarbtmry (=8=8-=835), hf ghs wrhthfnSusshm hf Abftrmk Mshm hf =778 mfe tgb

    Mfnkd-Susshmf ]ubsthdf (=778) ebsarhcbs Hfehm ms tgb ldst vmkumckb d` Bfnkmfes

    pdssbsshdfs. Ugb aduftrys rbsdurabs (mldfn dtgbrs9 shko, sphabs, adttdf, wdde,

    smktpbtrb) wbrb gmrvbstbe hf Hfehm mfe crdungt cmao td Burdpb `dr trmeb, tgbrb`drb

    adftrhcuthfn td Crhtmhfs adllbrahmk nrdwtg. Hfehm cbamlb m sdurab d` hfarbehckb

    wbmktg `dr tgb Ardwf. Ugbrb`drb, tgb `bmr tgmt mfy dtgbr aduftry aduke mpprdmag Hfehm,

    dr bvbf tghfo d` ht, wms tgb lmhf prbdaaupmthdf d` mkk Bfnkmfes pdkhahbs shfab tgb

    ldlbft Crhthsg lbf sbt `ddt hf Hfehm mfe ebakmrbe ht tgbhr prdpbrty. Umohfn dvbr suag

    m kmrnb mfe rhag tbrrhtdry aduke fdt cb bmsy, mfe Crhtmhf gme td `mab prdckbls cdtg

    `rdl whtghf tgb aduftry mfe `rdl bfvhdus Burdpbmf fbhngcdurs.

    Munust 3fe, =727. Ugb Zmrkhmlbft d` tgb Rfhtbe Ohfnedl pmssbs tgb Hfehm

    Ndvbrflbft Mat, tgus d``hahmkky bstmckhsghfn tgb rukb d` tgb Ardwf dvbr Hfehm. Ugb mat

    ehslhssbe tgb Bmst Hfehm Adlpmfy, wghag gme cbbf tgb rukhfn mutgdrhty cb`drb tgmt.

    Ugb B.H.A. wms `dufebe hf =0=3 mfe adfsdkhemtbe hts rukb dvbr Hfehm hf =>>1 whtg tgb

    bstmckhsghfn d` m amphtmk ahty hf Amkauttm mfe tgb mppdhftlbft d` m Ndvbrfdr-Nbfbrmk.

    M ybmr cb`drb tgb Hfehm Mat, hf =72>, hf tgb slmkk tdwf d` Lbbrut stmrtbe m luthfy d`

    sbpdys hf tgb B.H.A. mrly, wghag tgbf sprbme ms m ckddey rbcbkkhdf td ldst d` tgb

    sucadfthfbft, td abftrmk Hfehm, tgb Ebkgh rbnhdf mfe uppbr Nmfnbtha pkmhf. Ugb Crhthsg

    ndvbrflbft stdppbe tgb rbcbks, ehssdkvbe tgb Adlpmfy mfe ebakmrbe Hfehm ufebr tgb

    ehrbat rukb d` tgb Ardwf. Hf gbr Zrdakmlmthdf td tgb Zrhfabs, Aghb`s mfe tgb Zbdpkb

    d` Hfehm (=727), ]ubbf Phatdrhm sdkblfky akmhls tgmt Crhtmhfs dfky ndmk hs td prdtbat

    mfe eb`bfe Hfehm mfe hts hfgmchtmfts, mfe td adftrhcutb td hts nrdwtg mfe ebvbkdplbft9

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    ^gbf, cy tgb ckbsshfn d` Zrdvhebfab, hftbrfmk trmfquhkkhty whkk cb rbstdrbe, ht

    hs dur bmrfbst ebshrb td sthlukmtb tgb pbmab`uk hfeustry d` Hfehm, td prdldtb

    wdros d` puckha uthkhty mfe hlprdvblbft, mfe td melhfhstbr tgb ndvbrflbft `dr

    tgb cbfb`ht d` mkk dur sucibats rbshebft tgbrbhf. Hf tgbhr prdspbrhty whkk cb dur

    strbfntg, hf tgbhr adftbftlbft dur sbaurhty, mfe hf tgbhr nrmthtueb dur cbst

    rbwmre...

    Cmao hf Burdpb, Fmpdkbdf Cdfmpmrtb wms Crhtmhfs kmst @rbfag fhngtlmrb mfe

    tgb mfthpmtgy wms lutumk. Dppdshthdf whtg @rmfab, tgb `hngt `dr tgb Fbw ^drke mfe

    adkdfhsmthdf gme ehrbatbe Crhthsg `drbhnf pdkhay `dr mkldst mkk d` tgb =7 tgabftury. Fbw

    tbrrhtdrhbs lbmft fbw lmrobts, fbw rbsdurabs mfe nbfbrmk adftrdk dvbr tgb wdrke

    trmeb, wghag wms tgbf dfky pdsshckb cy sbm. Ugb thlb pbrhde cbtwbbf =>81 mfe =7=2

    wms tgb kmst hf tgb mfahbft rhvmkry cbtwbbf @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf. Gdwbvbr, ht hs

    hlpdrtmft td fdtb tgmt tgbrb wbrb bssbfthmkky twd pgmsbs hf tgb Fmpdkbdfha wmrs.

    Cdfmpmrtb gme ndde rbkmthdfsghps whtg tgb Usmr Zmuk H d` Susshm mfe tdnbtgbr tgby

    wbrb pkdtthfn mnmhfst tgb Crhthsg Blphrb, tgb strmtbny cbhfn td aut Crhtmhf d`` d` gbr

    Hfehmf adkdfhbs mfe rbsdurabs=. @dr m stmrt, `rdl =>87 td =7:= Cdfmpmrtb ufebrtddo mf

    bxpbehthdf td Qyrhm mfe Bnypt. Ugbf, hf =7:=, Zmuk H sbft m Adssmao mrly td Crhthsg

    Hfehm hf =7:=. Ugb Susshmf bxpbehthdf wms suppdsbe td cb idhfbe cy tgb @rbfag mt tgb

    Pdknm bstumry mfe lmrag td Hfehm tdnbtgbr. Cut cb`drb tgby aduke suaabbe mfe bvbf

    idhf, tgb Adssmao rbabhvbe fbws d` tgb Usmrs mssmsshfmthdf df tgb fhngt d` Lmrag =3,

    =7:=. Mppmrbftky, Aduft Zbtbr Zmgkbf, rbspdfshckb `dr tgb rbnhaheb, gme gme sdlb thbs

    whtg tgb Crhthsg Bfvdy-Bxtrmdrehfmry mfe Lhfhstbr-Zkbfhpdtbfthmry mt Qt. Zbtbrscurn,

    Kdre Agmrkbs ^ghtwdrtg9

    Kdre ^ghtwdrtgs pmrthahpmthdf hf tgb adfsphrmay wms rb`kbatbe hf nbfbrdus

    `hfmfahfn. Lmfy pbdpkb smw Zmgkbf whtg ndkebf nuhfbms. Eurhfn m nmlb d`

    amres hf Lmrag =7:=, Zmgkbf wmnbrbe 3::,::: ndkebf rduckbs - m kdt d`

    ldfby `dr m ldebst fdckblmf `rdl Adurkmfe, bvbf dfb wgd mttmhfbe tgb

    gbhngts d` pdwbr3

    =Zbtbr Gdpohro, Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb9 Ugb Qtrunnkb `dr Blphrb hf Abftrmk Mshm, =883

    3E. I. Smkbhng, M. M. Hsobfebrdv, Ugb Blpbrdrs mfe Blprbssbs d` Susshm9 Sbehsadvbrhfn

    tgb Sdlmfdvs, =880

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    ^ms Zmuk H tgb `hrst vhathl hf tgb nmlbs d` rhvmkry cbtwbbf Susshm mfe Crhtmhf4

    Ht hs m strdfn pdsshchkhty. Bspbahmkky wgbf dfb adfshebrs tgmt tgb fbxt emy m`tbr tgb

    rbnhaheb, Zmuks gbhr, Mkbxmfebr H, hllbehmtbky amfabkkbe mkk d` tgb lurebrbe tsmrs

    drebrs adfabrfhfn tgb Lmrag df Hfehm, aut ehpkdlmtha thbs whtg Fmpdkbdfs @rmfab mfe

    bftbrbe m fbw admkhthdf whtg Crhtmhf.

    Susshmf ghstdrhmf Xbvnbfy Umrkbebsarhcbs Fmpdkbdf erbmlhfn mfe ehsausshfn

    Hfehm whtg tgb Adltb eb Fmrcdffb-Kmrm, ghs akdsb adufahkkdr, ms `dkkdws9

    "Hlmnhfb Ldsadw tmobf - Susshm arusgbe - tgb Usmr rbadfahkbe dr ebme hf

    sdlb pmkmab adfsphrmay ... Mfe tbkk lb wgbtgbr wb, m nrbmt mrly d`

    @rbfaglbf mfe muxhkhmrhbs `rdl Uh`khs wduke gmvb td ed ldrb tgmf tduag tgb

    Nmfnb Shvbr whtg m @rbfag swdre `dr tgb wgdkb sam``dkehfn d` Crhtmhf's

    lbramfthkb nrbmtfbss td adkkmpsb."1

    Gdwbvbr, Fmpdkbdf aduke fdt tgrbmtbf Crhtmhf df tgb sbms9 @rmfab ehe fdt

    gmvb tgb su``hahbft lmrhthlb pdwbr `dr suag m agmkkbfnb. Cdfmpmrtbs bxpbehthdf td

    Bnypt mfe ghs mttblpts mt mpprdmaghfn Hfehm tgrdung tgb Lheekb Bmst (hf drebr td

    ufebrlhfb Crhtmhfs trmehfn rdutbs whtg Hfehm) wbrb fdt bfdung td pdsb m rbmk tgrbmt td

    Crhtmhfs suprblmay bhtgbr. Ugb cmttkb d` Urm`mknmr hf =7:2 wms prdcmcky tgb ldst

    ebahshvb fmvmk cmttkb hf tgb Fmpdkbdfha wmrs mfe gms prbebtbrlhfbe tgb bfe d` tgb

    adf`khat. M`tbr mkldst uttbrky ebstrdyhfn tgb @rbfag `kbbt, Nrbmt Crhtmhf nmhfbe

    mcsdkutb suprblmay df tgb dabmf. Ht cbamlb tgb Crhthsg Blphrb, dfb d` tgb ldst

    pdwbr`uk blphrbs tgmt gmvb bvbr bxhstbe, h` fdt tgb ldst pdwbr`uk. Crhthsg lbf aduke

    trmvbk tgb wdrke mfe tgbhr pdwbr`uk `kbbt prdtbatbe tgbhr lmrhthlb trmeb. Ughs nmvb

    tgbl tgb pdsshchkhty td put prbssurb df dtgbr stmtbs. H` Crhtmhf whsgbe td, sgb aduke aut

    d`` Burdpb d` mkk trmehfn rdutbs.

    Hf tghs adftbxt, tgb dtgbr sbrhdus tgrbmt kb`t wms tgb Susshmf Blphrb. Crhtmhf

    wms mffdybe cy tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb kmttbrs tbrrhtdrhmk bxpmfshdf td tgb Qdutg. Susshm

    iusth`hbe tghs bxpmfshdf cy bxpkmhfhfn tgmt sgb wmftbe td stdp tgb rmhes d` Abftrmk

    Mshmf cmrcmrhmfs df gbr tbrrhtdrhbs mfe hlpkblbft sdlb drebr mfe ehsahpkhfb df tgmt

    whke kmfe. Mfdtgbr rbmsdf wms td nmhf maabss td abftrmk Mshmf prdeuats mfe rbsdurabs,

    1Xbvnbfy Umrkb,Fmpdkbdf, =810

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    ldstky adttdf. Ughs wms hlpdrtmft cbamusb mt tgb thlb Burdpb, wghag wms ufebrndhfn

    tgb tbxthkb rbvdkuthdf, eblmfebe ldrb mfe ldrb d` tgmt rbsdurab. Ugb rgbtdrha d`

    Susshmf d``hahmks wms prbtty luag tgb smlb tgmf tgmt d` Bfnkhsg adkdfhmkhsts. Ugb

    Susshmf nbfbrmk Kbv Odstbfod, wgd tddo pmrt hf mf bxpbehthdf td tgb Ogmfmtb d`

    Oghvm (=75:), bxpkmhfbe hf m vbry ehpkdlmtha wmy tgmt ht hs fdt mlchthdf dr dtgbr

    sbk`-sbrvhfn amkaukmthdfs tgmt kbme Susshm hf hts bxpmfshdfhst ldvblbft hf Abftrmk

    Mshm, cut sdkbky m ebshrb td crhfn pbmab td tgb kmfe, td sthlukmtb hts prdeuathvb `drabs

    mfe dpbf tgb sgdrtbst pmtg `dr tgb bxpdrt d` Uurobstmf prdeuats td tgb Burdpbmf pmrt

    d` Susshm5.

    Ugb stmnb d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb hf =8tgabftury

    Mkbxhs Ormussb, Susshm hf Mshm9 M Sbadre mfe m Qtuey, =227-=788, (Aurzdf Zrbss, =8>1

    _=8::\)

    Gdwbvbr, Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb sdutg mfe tgb ghstdry d` tgb `hvb-guferbe-

    ybmr Susshmf adkdfhmkhsl wms hf htsbk` rbmsdf bfdung `dr Crhthsg mfxhbty. Ud kbt Susshm

    maabss tgb Hfehmf Dabmf vhm Zbrshm mfe M`ngmfhstmf wduke cb td mkkdw gbr td nmhf

    ldrb hlpdrtmfab df tgb hftbrfmthdfmk stmnb. Crhtmhfs suprblmay df tgb sbm, gbr `kbbt,

    prheb d` tgb Crhthsg Ardwf mfe Sdymk Fmvy, aduke cb ehlhfhsgbe cy tgb mppbmrmfab d`

    5Oghedymtdv N. M. D` Ghstdry d` Mfnkd-Susshmf rbkmthdfsghps hf Abftrmk Mshm hf tgb kmtb =8tgabftury, =808

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    m adlpbthtdr. Fdt td lbfthdf tgb trblbfedus mlduft d` rhagbs mfe rbsdurabs tgmt

    Crhtmhf maquhrbe m`tbr sgb bstmckhsgbe gbr adkdfhbs hf Hfehm mfe tgmt sgb ehe fdt wmft td

    sgmrb whtg mfy, bvbf gypdtgbthamk, hftruebr.

    Abftrmk Mshm hs tgbrb`drb m aruahmk rbnhdf, hf m nbdstrmtbnha sbfsb, `dr ht hs m

    cu``br zdfb cbtwbbf Susshm mfe tgb Crhthsg Smi, mfe tgb tgbmtrb d` lmfy adf`khats mfe

    strunnkbs `dr hf`kubfab hf tgb mrbm. Ugb aduftrhbs d` Abftrmk Mshm wbrb ebsarhcbe

    hf =787 cy Kdre Aurzdf ms phbabs df m agbsscdmre updf wghag hs cbhfn pkmybe dut m

    nmlb `dr tgb edlhfhdf d` tgb wdrke. Ughs nmlb `dr edlhfmthdf hs wgmt ghstdrhmfs amkk

    tdemy tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, tgmt hs td smy tgb rhvmkry cbtwbbf tgb Crhthsg Ardwf mfe tgb

    Susshmf Blphrb `dr suprblmay mfe hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm. Ugb ldst hlpdrtmft

    bphsdebs d` tghs pbrhde mrb prdcmcky tgb wmrs hf M`ngmfhstmf hf wghag cdtg Susshm mfe

    Crhtmhf gme m agmfnhfn kuao, suaabbehfn mfe tgbf `mhkhfn hf turf. Ugb amfdfhamk,

    ghstdrhamk eb`hfhthdf d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb stdps mt tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb 3:tg abftury

    whtg tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf adfvbfthdf d` =8:>, wghag ebtbrlhfbs spgbrb d` hf`kubfab hf

    Abftrmk Mshm, mfe tgb =8=> Sbvdkuthdf mfe `mkk d` tgb Susshmf blphrb, wghag lmobs m

    pkmybr ehsmppbmr `rdl tgb stmnb.

    Cut hs tgb Nmlb rbmkkydvbr4

    Ugb `mkk d` tgb ldfmragy ehe fdt lbmf Susshmf pdwbr gms vmfhsgbe. Ugb

    wdrke sddf smw mfdtgbr nhmft rhsb `rdl tgb ruhfs d` tsmrhst Susshm9 tgb Rfhdf d` Qdvhbt

    Qdahmkhst Sbpuckhas. Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb wms `mr `rdl cbhfn dvbr. Eurhfn tgb

    3:tgabftury, tgb Nmlb lhngt kddo m khttkb cht eh``brbft, ht lhngt mksd cb amkkbe

    eh``brbftky (Adke wmr `dr bxmlpkb) cut tgb rhvmkry hs sthkk gbrb mfe hs vbry luag

    mkhvb. Ugb ebshrbe spgbrbs d` hf`kubfab d` cdtg shebs lhngt gmvb ldvbe td Burdpb, cut

    Abftrmk Mshm mfe m kmrnbr tbrrhtdry hfakuehfn tgb Lheekb Bmst rbnhdf, rblmhfs m oby

    mrbm fbvbrtgbkbss, `dr tgb hfeustrhmk rbvdkuthdf gms crdungt up tgb fbbe d` m fbw,

    aruahmk rbsdurab9 dhk.

    Ugbf mnmhf, td sdlb ht lhngt sbbl tgmt tgb Nrbmt Nmlb d` tgb 3:tg abftury,

    m.o.m. Adke ^mr, bfes whtg tgb arusg d` tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Cut hs ht sd4 Susshm hs sthkk

    stmfehfn mfe sthkk gms gbr dwf hftbrbsts cdtg hf Burdpb mfe Abftrmk Mshm. Qgb sbbos

    fbw mkkhmfabs mfe dppdsbs fbw rhvmks, lmhfky tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs d` Mlbrham, wghag hf

    m wmy amf cb adfshebrbe ms tgb ehrbat gbhrs d` tgb Crhthsg blphrb, cbamusb bvbf h` tgby

    `dungt `dr hfebpbfebfab, Mlbrhamfs sbbl tgb rbpbmt tgb Crhthsg hlpbrhmk pmttbrf d`

    cbgmvhdur mfe wdrke suprblmay, rbkyhfn df lmrhthlb pdwbr mfe mkkhbe stmtbs mkk dvbr

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    tgb wdrke. Ugbrb`drb, tgb Nrbmt Nmlb sbbls td cb gbrbehtmry, pmsshfn `rdl dfb stmtb

    td mfdtgbr, fbvbr adlhfn td mfe h` tgbrb mrb sthkk pkmybrs td pkmy ht.

    ^b gmvb fd pbrlmfbft mkkhbs, wb gmvb fd pbrlmfbft bfblhbs, wb dfky gmvb

    pbrlmfbft hftbrbsts.2

    Kdre Zmklbrstdf

    2 Mttrhcutbe td Gbfry Idgf Ublpkb, Kdre Zmklbrstdf, Crhthsg Zrhlb Lhfhstbr `rdl =722 td

    =727 mfe `rdl =728 td =702

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    Zmrt H9 Ugb rbvhvmk d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb

    M nrbmt fmthdf trusts td htsbk` lmhfky? dfky sbadfemrhky td mkkhmfabs, gdwbvbrhfthlmtb. @dr ebbp hf tgb gbmrt d` bvbry fmthdf khb mfahbft, strdfn rbsbftlbfts,

    rbsbftlbfts tgmt mt m ldlbft d` arhshs lmy `kmrb up hftd mfahbft strh`bs. ^mr

    gms d`tbf rbvbmkbe mftmndfhsls cbtwbbf pdwbrs mppmrbftky `rhbfeky, mfe

    sylpmtghbs cbtwbbf pdwbrs mppmrbftky gdsthkb.0

    Susshms wmy hftd tgb Urhpkb Bftbftb

    Gdw ehe Susshm bfe up hf m admkhthdf whtg Crhtmhf, gbr lmhf dppdfbft eurhfn

    tgb bfthrb WHW abftury mfe @rmfab, m `drlbr bfbly ms wbkk4 Ud mfswbr tghs qubsthdf,

    wb whkk gmvb td kddo mt bvbfts hf Burdpb tgmt tddo pkmab m khttkb bmrkhbr.

    M`tbr @rmfabs amtmstrdpgha eb`bmt hf tgb =7>= @rmfad-Zrusshmf wmr, wghag gme

    kb`t m prd`dufe lmro df tgb aduftry mfe tgb ldrmk d` hts pbdpkb, @rmfab wms kddohfn

    `dr mf bxht `rdl gbr ehpkdlmtha hsdkmthdf. @urtgbrldrb, tgb arbmthdf d` tgb UrhpkbMkkhmfab (Nbrlmfy, Mustrhm-Gufnmry mfe Htmky) kbmvbs cdtg Susshm mfe @rmfab

    vukfbrmckb. Ugbrb`drb tgbrb hs fd surprhsb tgmt tgb @rbfag pbdpkb wbkadlbe tgb

    @rmfad-Susshmf mkkhmfab d` =783 whtg bupgdrhm. @rmfab tgus cbamlb Susshms mkky

    mnmhfst tgb Mustrd-Gufnmrhmf Blphrb, wgd gme cbadlb dfb d` tgb ldst hf`kubfthmk

    blphrbs df tgb Burdpbmf adfthfbft, up ufthk =8=7.

    Susshms kmst Usmr, Fhagdkms HH, gme td `mab twd wmrs, tgb `hrst cbhfn tgbSussd-

    Impmfbsb wmr d` =8:2. Ht stdppbe Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb Bmst mfe pkmybe mf

    hlpdrtmft rdkb hf wrmpphfn up tgb Nrbmt Nmlb. Crhtmhf pmrthahpmtbe hfehrbatky hf tgb

    adf`khat mfe suppdrtbe Impmf eurhfn tgb bfthrb wmr b``drt. Crhtmhf mfe Impmf gme

    shnfbe tgb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb mkkhmfab hf =8:3mfe ht wms kmtbr rbfbwbe hf =8:2. Ughs

    wms mf mttblpt mt khlhthfn Susshms bxpmfshdf hf tgb Bmst shfab tgb kmttbr gme

    ebvbkdpbe badfdlha mfe tbrrhtdrhmk hftbrbsts hf Odrbm mfe Fdrtgbmst Aghfm

    (Lmfagurhm). Umohfn mevmftmnb d` tgb turldhk hf tgbCdxbr arhshs(=8::), Susshm sbft

    trddps td Lmfagurhm, wghag lmeb Crhtmhf ufadl`drtmckb, `dr ht sbblbe td lmro tgb

    0Idgf Meml Armlc, Nbrlmfy mfe Bfnkmfe, =8=5

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    cbnhffhfn d` Aghfms pmrththdf cbtwbbf tgb ^bstbrf aduftrhbs mfe tgrbmtbfbe tgbhr

    trmeb rdutbs.>Impmf mfe Susshm gmvb mkrbmey akmsgbe df tgb Odrbmf mfe Lmfagurhmf

    qubsthdf cb`drb, mfe tgbhr rbkmthdfsghp wms dfky nbtthfn wdrsb bvbry thlb tgby

    adf`rdftbe bmag dtgbr. Hf =8:=, Impmf amlb akdsb td ebakmrhfn wmr, cut cmaobe d``

    m`tbr rbmkhzhfn tgby wduke cb mkdfb hf tghs `hngt (bspbahmkky nhvbf tgb `mat tgmt Susshm

    gme cy tgbf sbaurbe m sdkhe mkkhmfab whtg @rmfab). Nrbmt Crhtmhf tdd wmsft ndhfn td

    wmnb wmr dvbr Lmfagurhm. Gdwbvbr, tgb ehpkdlmtha nrdufe `dr mf uktbrhdr mnrbblbft

    cbtwbbf Crhtmhf mfe Impmf wms kmhe. Ugb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb mkkhmfab d` =8:3 stmtbs tgmt

    h` Impmf bftbrs wmr whtg Susshm, Crhtmhf rblmhfs fbutrmk. Gdwbvbr, h` m tghre stmtb

    bftbrs tgb wmr (hlpkyhfn @rmfab, ms Susshms lmhf mkky), tgbf tgb Crhthsg whkk idhf tgb

    wmr df tgb Impmfbsb sheb. Ugb Mkkhmfab wms m wmrfhfn td Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb

    Bmst. Cut ldrb hlpdrtmftky, ht wms eb `matdm numrmftbb `dr Impmf tgmt ht wduke fdt

    `hfe htsbk` `hngthfn sbvbrmk aduftrhbs mt dfab, cbamusb tgb rhso d` bftbrhfn m adf`khat

    whtg Crhtmhf hfthlhemtbe @rmfab. Ugbrb`drb wb amf adfshebr tghs bvbft ms pmrt d` tgb

    Nrbmt Nmlb, nhvbf tgmt tgb Rfhtbe-Ohfnedl wms eb `matd hfvdkvbe hf tghs wmr mfe

    gms bvbf prbpmrbe tgb nrdufe `dr ht. ^gbf tgb Sussd-Impmfbsb wmr cbnuf sdlb thlb

    kmtbr, hf =8:2, Crhthsg dcsbrvbrs wbrb stmthdfbe hf Impmfbsb gbmequmrtbrs, df tgbhr

    sghps, eurhfn tgb mttmaos df Zdrt Mrtgur mfe Ususghlm.

    Ugb rbvdkuthdf d` =8:2 amf cb adfshebrbe ms dfb d` tgb rbmsdfs d` Susshms

    `mhkurb hf tghs adf`khat. Ugb ehsdrebr hfsheb tgb aduftry pusgbe tgb Susshmf

    ndvbrflbft td bfe tgb wmr sddfbr tgmf bxpbatbe. Hf tgb Urbmty d`Zdrtsldutg, wghag

    shnfbe tgb pbmab, Susshmfs mnrbbe fdt td hftbr`brb hf Impmfs ebmkhfns whtg Odrbm mfe

    kdst tgbhr Zdrt Mrtgur fmvmk cmsb. Ugb m`tbrlmtg gdwbvbr, hs luag ldrb prd`dufe tgmf

    lbrbky tgbsb tbrrhtdrhmk mnrbblbfts9 Susshm wms thrbe d` wmr.

    @rdl tgmt ldlbft df, gbr ehpkdlmts sbbo td mvdhe mfy dtgbr adf`khat df mfy

    dtgbr `rdft, bspbahmkky adf`rdftmthdf whtg nrbmt Burdpbmf stmtbs. Ugb Sussd-Impmfbsb

    wmr wms tgb `hrst kmrnb adf`khat shfab tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>>-=7>7, wghag tddo

    pkmab mkldst 1: ybmrs bmrkhbr mfe hf wghag Susshm wms vhatdrhdus. Gdwbvbr, tghfns

    gmvb agmfnbe hf 1: ybmrs. Ugb Sussd-Impmfbsb wmr rbvbmkbe m nrbmt fulcbr d` `kmws

    hf tgb Blphrbs badfdly mfe hts lhkhtmry rbmehfbss. Ugb eb`bmt wms mkk tgb ldrb

    gulhkhmthfn cbamusb Impmf wms tgbf adfshebrbe m cmaowmre Mshmf aduftry, wgbrbms

    Susshm wms suppdsbe td cb m pdwbr`uk blphrb obbphfn gbr bfblhbs hf mwb. Ugb

    >Hmf Fhsg, Ugb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb Mkkhmfab9 Ugb Ehpkdlmay d` Uwd Hskmfe Blphrbs, =785-=8:>,=8>>

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    aduftry su``brbe `rdl m kmao d` hf`rmstruaturbs, dut-emtbe tbagfdkdnhbs mfe wbmpdfry.

    Gbr dvbrmkk hfeustrhmk ebvbkdplbft wms cbghfe kbmehfn Burdpbmf aduftrhbs mfe gbr

    sdahbty wms sthkk ldstky mnrmrhmf. Hf tghs sbfsb, m crbmo hf mrlbe adf`khats mfe tgb

    ldlbft d` pbmab tgmt `dkkdwbe wms vbry wbkadlb `dr tgb aduftry td rbcuhke htsbk`, td

    ldebrfhzb hts mrly, adfthfub rmhkrdme adfstruathdfs mfe suag. Mksd, tgb ndvbrflbft

    adfshebrbe Susshms bxpmfshdf ldstky dvbr mfe gbr `rdfthbrs sbttkbe. Ht wms thlb `dr

    hftbrfmk nrdwtg mfe ebvbkdplbft. Ugb aduftbr-rbvdkuthdf mfe ldebrfhsmthdf d` tgb

    aduftrys hftbrhdr drnmfhsmthdf wbrb adstky. Susshm wms sbbohfn hfvbstlbfts `rdl

    Burdpbmfs aduftry mfe wms nhvbf m 3,32: lhkkhdf `rmfas kdmf, mfe tgb chnnbst kbfebr

    wms @rmfab. @rbfag, Bfnkhsg mfe Cbknhmf hfvbstlbfts wbrb tgb educkb d` Nbrlmf

    hfvbstlbfts. Hf prmathab ht mksd lbmft tgmt tgb prd-Crhthsg kdccy hfsheb Susshms

    `hfmfahmk spgbrb wms ldrb hf`kubfthmk tgmf tgb prd-Nbrlmf dfb.

    @dkkdwhfn tgb smlb kdnha d` rbst, Susshms Lhfhstbr d` @drbhnf m``mhrs,

    Mkbxmfebr Hzvdksoy adfshebrbe mf mkkhmfab whtg Crhtmhf td cb tgb dfky wmy td prbsbrvb

    Susshm `rdl mfdtgbr thrbsdlb wmr mfe mfdtgbr cufag d` sdahd-badfdlha prdckbls.

    Hfebbe, Susshm ehe fdt stdp tgmt ehsmstrdus wmr hf tgb Bmst dfky td nbt hfvdkvbe hf

    sdlb dtgbr adf`khat df gbr ^bstbrf dr Qdutgbrf cdrebrs. Ugbrb`drb, twd ybmrs m`tbr

    tgb Zdrtsldutg trbmty, tgb Blphrb mfe Crhtmhf shnfbe tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf Adfvbfthdf

    hf =8:>. Ughs adfvbfthdf d``hahmkky bfebe tgb Nrbmt Nmlb cy sbtthfn tgb spgbrbs d`

    hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm. Susshm rbadnfhzbe Crhtmhfs prdtbatdrmtb dvbr M`ngmfhstmf

    mfe mnrbbe td abmsb mkk m``mhrs whtg tgb Blhr. Cdtg rbadnfhzbe Uhcbt ms m pmrt d` Aghfm

    mfe mnrbbe td stdp tryhfn td tmob dvbr ht. Zbrshm wms sbpmrmtbe hftd tgrbb rbnhdfs. Dfb

    wms Susshms spgbrb d` hf`kubfab hf tgb Fdrtg, Crhtmhfs dfb wms hf tgb Qdutg mfe m

    fbutrmk rbnhdf wms arbmtbe cbtwbbf tgbl. Ugb adfvbfthdf mksd sbmkbe tgb Urhpkb

    Bftbftb, wghag wms arbmtbe stbp cy stbp dvbr tgb prbabebft ybmrs9

    d Hf =78=, tgb `hrst stbp hs tgb arbmthdf d` tgb@rmfad-Susshmf mkkhmfabd Hf =8:5, tgbBftbftb adrehmkbcbtwbbf @rmfab mfe Crhtmhfd Hf =8:>, tgbMfnkd-Susshmf Adfvbfthdf

    Cut h` Susshm sdungt trmfquhkkhty mfe thlb td rbcuhke, mfe wms whkkhfn td pmy

    `dr ht cy yhbkehfn hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm, tgb Rfhtbe Ohfnedl gme dtgbr

    ldthvmthdfs td bftbr m admkhthdf whtg Susshm. Hf tgb ^bst, tgb Nbrlmf blphrb wms

    nmtgbrhfn hts strbfntg mfe gms cbadlb tgb ldst pdwbr`uk stmtb hf adfthfbftmk Burdpb,

    wgbrbms Omhsbrs ^hkgbkl HH `drbhnf pdkhay wms akbmrky ufebrlhfhfn pbmab df tgb

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    adfthfbft. Ugb arbmthdf d` tgb Urhpkb Mkkhmfab gme ebstrdybe Bfnkmfes hebmk d`

    cmkmfab d` pdwbrs hf Burdpb lbmft td obbp pbmab df tgb adfthfbft. Crhtmhf gbrsbk`

    wms `drabe dut d` gbr spkbfehe hsdkmthdf. Ms m rbmathdf td tgb Urhpkhab, tgb Ardwf

    shnfbe mf mkkhmfab whtg @rmfab mfe kmtbr Susshm. Gdwbvbr, `rdl tgb Susshmfs pdhft d`

    vhbw, tgbhr Blphrb wms kurbe hftd m spbah`hamkky mfth-Nbrlmfckdao, tgmt hs td smy hftd

    wmr, dfab mnmhf, m shtumthdf Fhagdkms HH wms tryhfn sd gmre td mvdhe. ^drsb, tgb

    blpbrdr wms `drabe td sheb whtg ghs kdfn thlb rhvmk mnmhfst m `rhbfeky stmtb mfe

    Susshms chnnbst trmehfn pmrtfbr (mfe mksd ghs adushf ^hkgbkl, whtg wgdl tgb

    blpbrdr gme m quhtb mlhamckb rbkmthdfsghp). Zydtr Eurfdvd, Susshmf Hlpbrhmk

    Lhfhstbr d` Hftbrhdr, trhbe td wmrf tgb Usmr d` tgb ehsmstrdus adfsbqubfabs d` wmr whtg

    Nbrlmfy9

    Ugb lmhf curebf d` tgb wmr whkk ufeductbeky `mkk df us, shfab Bfnkmfe hs

    gmreky ampmckb d` tmohfn m adfshebrmckb pmrt hf m adfthfbftmk wmr, wghkb

    @rmfab, pddr hf lmf pdwbr, whkk prdcmcky megbrb td strhatky eb`bfshvb tmathas,

    hf vhbw d` tgb bfdrldus kdssbs cy wghag wmr whkk cb mttbfebe ufebr prbsbft

    adfehthdfs d` lhkhtmry tbagfhqub. Ugb pmrt d` m cmttbrhfn-rml, lmohfn m crbmag

    hf tgb vbry tghao d` tgb Nbrlmf eb`bfab, whkk cb durs, whtg lmfy `matdrs

    mnmhfst us td wghag wb sgmkk gmvb td ebvdtb nrbmt b``drt mfe mttbfthdf.7

    @rdl m strhatky badfdlhamk pdhft d` vhbw, Eurfdvd mksd pdhftbe dut tgmt wmr whtg

    Nbrlmfy hs dfky prd`htmckb td Crhtmhf, wgd wmfts td wbmobf gbr adlpbthtdr df tgb sbm

    mfe `mr adkdfhbs.

    Hf rbspbat td Nbrlmfy's badfdlha `uturb, tgb hftbrbsts d` Susshm mfe Bfnkmfe

    mrb ehmlbtrhamkky dppdsbe. @dr Bfnkmfe, ht hs prd`htmckb td ohkk Nbrlmfy's

    lmrhthlb trmeb mfe hfeustry, turfhfn gbr hftd m pddr mfe, h` pdsshckb,

    mnrhaukturmk aduftry. @dr us, ht hs d` mevmftmnb `dr Nbrlmfy td ebvbkdp gbr

    sbm-ndhfn adllbrab mfe tgb hfeustry wghag sbrvbs ht, sd ms td suppky tgb

    rbldtbst wdrke lmrobts, mfe mt tgb smlb thlb dpbf gbr edlbstha lmrobt td dur

    mnrhaukturmk prdeuats, td suppky gbr kmrnb wdrohfn pdpukmthdf.8

    7Ugb Eurfdvd Lbldrmfeul, =8=5,gttp9//fdvmdfkhfb.fvaa.beu/bkh/bvmfs/ghs353/Edaulbfts/Eurfdvd.pe`

    8Hche.

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    Bvbf ldrb hlpdrtmft, Eurfdvd gme `drbsbbf mkk tgb trduckb tgmt whkk adlb dut hf amsb

    d` eb`bmt, mfe tgb sdahmk ehsmstbr tgmt wduke `dkkdw.

    Hf tgb bvbft d` eb`bmt () sdahmk rbvdkuthdf hf hts ldst bxtrblb `drl hs

    hfbvhtmckb. () Ugb trduckb whkk stmrt whtg tgb ckmlhfn d` tgb Ndvbrflbft `dr

    mkk ehsmstbrs. Hf tgb kbnhskmthvb hfsthtuthdfs m chttbr amlpmhnf mnmhfst tgb

    Ndvbrflbft whkk cbnhf, `dkkdwbe cy rbvdkuthdfmry mnhtmthdfs tgrdungdut tgb

    aduftry, whtg Qdahmkhst skdnmfs, ampmckb d` mrdushfn mfe rmkkyhfn tgb lmssbs,

    cbnhffhfn whtg tgb ehvhshdf d` tgb kmfe mfe suaabbebe cy m ehvhshdf d` mkk

    vmkumckbs mfe prdpbrty. Ugb eb`bmtbe mrly () whkk `hfe htsbk` tdd ebldrmkhzbe

    td sbrvb ms m cukwmro d` kmw mfe drebr. Ugb kbnhskmthvb hfsthtuthdfs mfe tgb

    hftbkkbatumk dppdshthdf pmrthbs () whkk cb pdwbrkbss td stbl tgb pdpukmr

    theb Susshm whkk cb `kufn hftd gdpbkbss mfmragy, tgb hssub d` wghag amffdt cb

    `drbsbbf.=:

    Zydtr Eurfdvd akbmrky smw tgmt tgb vbry bxhstbfab d` tgb Susshmf Blphrb wms

    mt stmob mfe Ghstdry adf`hrlbe ghs prdpgbay td tgb kbttbr.

    Mfdtgbr shnf tgmt Susshm mfe Nbrlmfy ehe fdt whsg td bfnmnb hf wmr mnmhfst

    bmag dtgbr wms tgb tbkbnrml bxagmfnb tgmt tddo pkmab cbtwbbf Fhagdkms mfe ^hkgbkl

    df tgb bvb d` wmr, m`tbr tgb lurebr d` Mrageuob @rmfz @brehfmfe hf Qmrmibvd. Cdtg

    blpbrdrs, wgd wbrb akdsb rbkmthvbs mfe `rhbfes, akmhl tgby ed fdt whsg td bfnmnb hf

    cmttkb mnmhfst bmag dtgbr. Cut tgb lbagmfhsls d` tgb mkkhmfabs mrb lbrahkbss, mfe

    Susshm mfe Nbrlmfy nbt ermwf hftd wmr ms mkkhbs d` Qbrchm mfe Mustrd-Gufnmry

    rbspbathvbky, ebsphtb mttblpts mt fbndthmthdf.

    H cbn ydu hf tgb fmlb d` dur dke `rhbfesghp td ed wgmt ydu amf td stdp ydur

    mkkhbs `rdl ndhfn tdd `mr.

    Usmr td Omhsbr, Iuky 38, =8=5==

    =:Hche.

    ==Ugb ^drke ^mr H Edaulbft Mraghvb9 Ugb ^hkky-Fhaoy Adrrbspdfebfab mfe Ubkbnrmls,

    gttp9//wwh.khc.cyu.beu/hfebx.pgp/UgbT^hkky-FhaoyTUbkbnrmls

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    Xdu whkk eductkbss mnrbb whtg lb tgmt wb cdtg, ydu mfe lb, gmvb m adlldf

    hftbrbst ms wbkk ms mkk Qdvbrbhnfs td hfshst tgmt mkk tgb pbrsdfs ldrmkky

    rbspdfshckb `dr tgb emstmreky lurebr sgduke rbabhvb tgbhr ebsbrvbe

    pufhsglbft. Hf tghs amsb pdkhthas pkmys fd pmrt mt mkk. () H ml bxbrthfn ly

    utldst hf`kubfab td hfeuab tgb Mustrhmfs td ebmk strmhngtky td mrrhvb td m

    smths`matdry ufebrstmfehfn whtg ydu.

    Omhsbr td Usmr, Iuky 38, =8=5=3

    H` fdr tgb Omhsbr, fdr tgb Usmr whsgbe `dr wmr, gdw ehe ht adlb td ht4 Gdw

    adlbs fdcdey gbbebe tgb wmrfhfns d` tgb Hftbrhdr Lhfhstbr Eurfdvd4 Mrb tgb

    mkkhmfabs mfe prdlhsbs d` gbkp sdkb rbspdfshckb `dr tgb ehsmstbr tgmt tdrb mpmrt tgb

    Burdpbmf adfthfbft4 Susshm gme dfb vbry pmrthaukmr hftbrbst hf bfnmnhfn hf tgb @hrst

    ^drke ^mr mfe sgb `bkk vhathl td gbr mfahbft tblptmthdf9 td nbt gbr gmfes df dfb d`

    tgb lmhf stmobs hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, tgb Uurohsg Qtrmhts.

    Zkmys mrdufe tgb Cdspgdrus

    Cdufemrhbs cbtwbbf Burdpb mfe Mshm, pmssmnb `rdl tgb Ckmao sbm td tgb

    Lbehtbrrmfbmf, tgb Cdspgdrus mfe Emremfbkkbs wbrb adfshebrbe m aruahmk nbdstrmtbnha

    kdamthdf shfab tgb Cyzmfthfb Blphrb mfe bvbf ldrb sd whtg tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb Nrbmt

    Nmlb. Qd wms Hfehm tgb rbmk ndmk d` Susshmf hlpbrhmkhst bxpmfshdfhsl tgb Crhthsg

    `bmrbe sd luag4Ugb mfswbr hs fd9 Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe tgb Uurohsg strmhts wbrb tgb

    ndmk d` mkk d` Susshm's `drbhnf pdkhay. Ms Kdre Aurzdf put ht, tgb Susshmf tgrbmt hf

    Abftrmk Mshm wms ldstky m lbmfs td put prbssurb df Crhtmhf mfe pusg gbr td yhbke df

    Susshms hftbrbsts whtghf Burdpb.

    Ugb Susshmf mevmfabs () Ghs dcibat hs fdt Amkauttm, cut Adfstmfthfdpkb,

    fdt tgb Nmfnbs, cut tgb Ndkebf Gdrf. Gb cbkhbvbs tgmt tgb obys d` tgb

    Cdspgdrus mrb ldrb khobky td cb wdf df tgb cmfos d` tgb Gbklufe tgmf df tgb

    gbhngts d` Zkbvfm. Ud obbp Bfnkmfe quhbt hf Burdpb cy obbphfn gbr blpkdybe

    hf Mshm, tgmt, crhb`ky put, hs tgb sul mfe sucstmfab d` Susshmf pdkhay.=1

    =3Hche.

    =1Kdre Fmtgmfhbk Aurzdf, Susshm hf Abftrmk Mshm hf =778 mfe tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf qubsthdf,

    pp. 13=-133.

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    H msobe m ehsthfnuhsgbe Susshmf ehpkdlmthst ufebr wgmt ahraulstmfabs ghs

    Ndvbrflbft wduke `bbk htsbk` iusth`hbe hf vhdkmthfn tgb M`ngmf `rdfthbr, sd

    sdkblfky sbttkbe m ybmr mfe m gmk` mnd, mfe agmkkbfnhfn m adf`khat whtg

    Bfnkmfe hf tgb Bmst. Ghs rbpky wms vbry ehsthfat. 'Rpdf tgb daaurrbfab d`

    bhtgbr d` twd adfthfnbfahbs, gb smhe, h` ydu tmlpbr whtg tgb Susshmf

    edlhfhdfs fdrtg d` tgb Dxus=5

    ? dr h` ydu hftbr`brb whtg tgb rbmkhsmthdf d` dur

    fmthdfmk mhls hf Burdpb.=2

    -- Kdre Aurzdf

    Adftrdk dvbr tgb Cdspgdrus rbnhdf wduke lbmf pdsshchkhty d` bxpmfshdf mfe

    lmycb bvbf tgb rbmkhsmthdf d` m Agrhsthmf drtgdedx blphrb (m mfahbft Susshmf

    msphrmthdf td cbhfn tgb Ughre Sdlb). Mksd, ht wduke lbmf maabss td tgb

    Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm mfe sbaurhty `dr tgb Blphrb whtg hts `kbbt stmthdfbe hf tgb nmtbs d`

    tgb Ckmao sbm. Ms `dr tgb Crhthsg sheb, tgb Ardwf wms wdrrhbe tgmt tgb trmeb rdutbs td

    Hfehm wbrb bspbahmkky `rmnhkb hf tgb Uurohsg strmhts rbnhdf. Susshm tdd `bkt vukfbrmckb

    wgbf ht amlb td tgb strmhts, cbamusb tgby wbrb gbr lmhf trmehfn rdutbs. Ugbrb`drb, tgb

    wbmo spdts d` cdtg blphrbs lmtag. Crhtmhf, tgb wdrkes chnnbst lmrhthlb pdwbr, gms

    cbbf strunnkhfn fdt td kbt dfb sghp `rdl tgb Susshmf fmvy hftd tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf.

    Bvbry thlb Susshmfs gmvb mpprdmagbe tgb Cdspgdrus, Bfnkmfe tddo m eb`bfshvb

    pdshthdf fdt td kbt tgbl mfywgbrb fbmr tgb strmhts. Lmfy ebsarhpthvb bxmlpkbs amf

    hkkustrmtb tghs rhvmkry.

    M `hrst dfb hs tgb Arhlbmf wmr d` =721-=720, wghag wms m eb`bmt `dr Susshm.

    Qgb kdst gbr `kbbt mfe cmsbs df tgb Ckmao sbm. Ugb strmhts wbrb pkmabe ufebr

    hftbrfmthdfmk adftrdk mfe sucsbqubftky Susshms fmvmk prbsbfab hf tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf

    mfe tgb Ckmao sbm wms rbeuabe td mkldst fdfb maadrehfn td tgb Zmrhs Urbmty d` =820.

    Mfdtgbr bxmlpkb amf cb `dufe hf tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>>-=7>7,

    wghag stmrtbe ms m wmr d` khcbrmthdf d` tgb Cmkomfs Agrhsthmf pdpukmthdf `rdl tgb

    Dttdlmf rukb mfe quhaoky bvdkvbe hftd m `hngt `dr hf`kubfab hf tgb rbnhdf. Ht wduke

    gmvb sbblbe tgmt Crhtmhf gme fd qumrrbk hf tghs adf`khat. Gdwbvbr, wgbf mt tgb bfe d`

    tgb wmr Susshmf trddps wbrb mpprdmaghfn Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe gme rbmagbe Qmf

    Qtb`mfd (kdamtbe df tgb Lmrlmrm Qbm dfky mcdut == ohkdlbtrbs wbst d` Hstmfcuk), tgb

    Crhthsg `kbbt bftbrbe tgb Cdspgdrus mfe tgrbmtbfbe td ebakmrb wmr mnmhfst Susshm. Ugb

    kmttbr gme td cmao d`` mfe maabpt tgb pbmab trbmty prdpdsbe cy tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb.

    =5Ugb Dxus, tdemy ofdwf ms tgb Mlu Emrym, hs m lmidr rhvbr hf Abftrmk Mshm.=2Hche.

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    Gdwbvbr, Susshms heb `hxb d` tmohfn dvbr tgb Uurohsg strmhts bfeurbe. Hf

    =77>, m`tbr tgb Kbmnub d` tgb Ugrbb Blpbrdrs (cbtwbbf Mkbxmfebr HH d` Susshm,

    @rmfz Idsbpg d` Mustrhm-Gufnmry mfe ^hkgbkl H d` Nbrlmfy) crdob edwf, Susshm

    mfe Nbrlmfy adfakuebe m Urbmty d` Sbhfsurmfab=0. Nbrlmfy wms wdrrhbe cy Susshm

    nbtthfn akdsbr td @rmfab (tgb @rmfad-Zrusshmf wmr wms sthkk `rbsg hf bvbrycdeys

    lbldry), tgbrb`drb tgb Omhsbr sdungt numrmftbbs td prdtbat Nbrlmfy `rdl m fbw wmr

    whtg tgbhr @rbfag dppdfbft mfe bfsurb tgb kmttbrs ehpkdlmtha hsdkmthdf. Ud ed tgmt, tgb

    Omhsbr prdabbebe cy sbmkhfn mf mkkhmfab whtg Htmky mfe Mustrhm-Gufnmry9 tgb Urhpkb

    Mkkhmfab hf =773 (`hrst hfsurmfab). Ugbf gb shnfbe m sbarbt trbmty whtg Susshm

    (rbhfsurmfab). Ugmt wmy Nbrlmfy wms prdtbatbe `rdl m twd-`rdft wmr h` sgb bvbr

    ndt hftd adf`khat whtg @rmfab mnmhf. Df tgb Susshmf sheb, Mkbxmfebr HH wms wdrrhbe cy

    tgb Mustrhm-Gufnmrys mathvhty hf tgb Cmkomfs mfe, ms usumk, tgb maabss td tgb

    Cdspgdrus. Ugbrb`drb, tgb sbarbt Sbhfsurmfab trbmty stmtbe tgmt9

    d Nbrlmfy mfe Susshm rblmhf fbutrmk sgduke tgb dtgbr cb hfvdkvbe hf mwmr whtg m tghre aduftry. Ughs edbs fdt mppky sgduke Nbrlmfy mttmao

    @rmfab dr Susshm mttmao Mustrhm-Gufnmry?

    d Nbrlmfy rblmhfs fbutrmk h` m Susshmf hftbrvbfthdf tmobs pkmab hf tgbCdspgdrus mfe tgb Emremfbkkbs.

    Cut wgmt d` tgb Uurohsg strmhts hf tgb @hrst ^drke ^mr4

    Df Lmrag =7, =8=2, @rmfab mfe Nrbmt Crhtmhf shnfbe mf mnrbblbft, hf wghag

    tgby prdlhsbe td nhvb Susshm `ukk adftrdk dvbr tgb Cdspgdrus, tgb Emremfbkkbs mfe

    Adfstmfthfdpkb hf amsb tgb Mkkhbs mrb vhatdrhdus hf wmr. Ughs wms amkkbe tgb

    Adfstmfthfdpkb mnrbblbft.=> @dr tgb `hrst thlb, tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb gme td `mab m

    admkhthdf d` tgrbb nrbmt pdwbrs. @dr tgb `hrst thlb @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf wbrb fdt tryhfn td

    rbstrmhf Susshms armvb `dr tgb strmhts, fdw tgmt Uuroby gme shebe whtg Nbrlmfy. Ms

    tgby fbbebe Susshms gbkp hf wmr, @rbfag mfe Crhthsg ehpkdlmts gme td lmob surb tgb

    Susshmf ndvbrflbft wduke cb hftbrbstbe hf sbbhfn tgb wmr crdungt td mf bfe, dfb

    vhatdrhdus `dr tgb Mkkhbs.

    Gmvhfn adftrdk dvbr tgb strmhts wduke lbmf dctmhfhfn m strmtbnha mevmftmnb hf

    m wmr whtg tgb Uuros. Mttblpts mt tmohfn dvbr Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe sbaurhfn m rdutb td

    =0Bfayakdpmbehm Crhtmffhamgttp9//nkdcmk.crhtmffham.adl/BCagbaobe/tdpha/5800>8/Sbhfsurmfab-Urbmty

    =>Ugb Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft, gttp9//luqtm`h3.chrzbht.beu/bf/HftbrEdas/hlmnbs/37:.pe`

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    Susshm tgrdung tgb Emremfbkkbs stmrtbe whtg tgb Nmkkhpdkh dpbrmthdf. Ht tddo pkmab

    cbtwbbf Mprhk =8=2 mfe Imfumry =8=0 ms mf hfhthmthvb d` ^hfstdf Aguraghkk=7. Ugb

    amlpmhnf wms m `mhkurb `dr tgb Mkkhbs, shfab tgby eheft suaabbe td `drab tgbhr wmy

    tgrdung tgb strmht.

    Ugb fbxt mttblpt mt sbaurhfn tgb rbnhdf wms td cb tgbCdspgdrus dpbrmthdfd`

    sprhfn =8=>. Ugb dpbrmthdf wms td cb adfeuatbe ufebr tgb adllmfe d` Phab-melhrmk

    d` tgb Susshmf Ckmao Qbm @kbbt Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo. Kmtbr, wgbf m Qdvhbt blbrnbfay

    stmtb adllhsshdf hftbrrdnmtbe ghl, gb ebsarhcbe tgb dpbrmthdf. Odkagmo gme

    adllmfe dvbr dfb kmfehfn `drab, wghag wms lbmft td sbaurb tgb gdsthkb sgdrb hf

    drebr td prbpmrb tgb nrdufe `dr ldrb trddps. Zrbpmrmthdfs wbft df up ufthk tgb aduphf

    @bcrumry =8=>, wgbrbms tgb dpbrmthdf htsbk` wms pkmffbe td stmrt hf sprhfn =8=>.=8

    Ugb Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft rblmhfbe m sbarbt edaulbft up ufthk tgb

    Datdcbr rbvdkuthdf d` =8=>, gdwbvbr tgb whkkhfnfbss d` Susshms mkkhbs fdt td hlpbeb

    tgb mffbxmthdf d` tgb Cdspgdrus rbnhdf wms ehsaussbe hf tgb Qtmtb Eulm. Kbfhfs

    Ebarbb df Zbmab amfabkkbe bvbry sbarbt mnrbblbft d` tgb Usmrhst mfe Zrdvhshdfmk

    Ndvbrflbft. Hf mf mppbmk shnfbe cy Kbfhf mfe Qtmkhf, tgb rbvdkuthdfmrhbs spbah`hamkky

    ufebrkhfbe tgmt mffbxmthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkb hs fdt ndhfn td gmppbf.

    ^b ebakmrb tgmt tgb sbarbt trbmthbs d` tgb ebtgrdfbe Usmr rbnmrehfn tgb

    mffbxmthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkb, adf`hrlbe cy tgb ebpdsbe Obrbfsoy, mrb fdw

    fukk mfe vdhe. Ugb Susshmf Sbpuckha mfe hts Ndvbrflbft, tgb Adufahk d`

    Zbdpkb's Adllhssmrs, mrb dppdsbe td tgb sbhzurb d` `drbhnf tbrrhtdry?

    Adfstmfthfdpkb lust rblmhf hf tgb gmfes d` tgb Luskhls."3:

    Hf adfakushdf, wb amf rblmro tgmt `dr Susshm tgb bxtrblbky mttrmathvb

    Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft df tgb `uturb d` tgb Qtrmhts wms m lmidr adfehthdf d`

    idhfhfn tgb Urhpkb Bftbftb, cut tgb d``br turfbe dut td cb amtmstrdpgha hf tgb bfe.

    =7Amkkwbkk, A.B,Emremfbkkbs, m stuey d` tgb strmtbnhamk mfe abrtmhf tmathamk mspbats d` tgbEmremfbkkbs amlpmhnf, 3::2

    =8@rdl tgb hftbrrdnmthdf d` Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo cy mf blbrnbfay stmtb adllhsshdf df

    Imfumry 31re

    , =83:

    3:Mppbmk d` tgb Adufahk d` Zbdpkb's Adllhssmrs td tgb Luskhls d` Susshm mfe tgb Bmst,

    Ebablcbr 1, =8=>.gttp9//bf.whohsdurab.drn/whoh/MppbmkTd`TtgbTAdufahkTd`TZbdpkb%3>sTAdllhssmrsTtdTtgbT

    LuskhlsTd`TSusshmTmfeTtgbTBmst

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    Bfe d` ^drke ^mr H9 tgb Cdksgbvho qubsthdf

    Ugb Sbvdkuthdf mfe tgb fbwky hfstmkkbe Cdksgbvho pdwbr `drab Susshm td

    rbtrbmt `rdl wmr. M`tbr tgb gulhkhmthfn Crbst-Khtdvso trbmty shnfbe hf =8=7 Susshm

    kddsbs ufbxpbatbeky kmrnb tbrrhtdrhbs9 @hfkmfe, tgb Cmktha Qtmtbs, Cbkmrus, Rormhfb mrb

    tmobf mwmy. Uuroby nbts cmao tgb tbrrhtdrhbs ht kdst hf tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>7

    (Mremgmf, Omrs mfe Cmtulh). Ht tddo mwmy m tghre d` Susshm's pdpukmthdf, dfb-gmk` d`

    Susshm's hfeustrhmk ufebrtmohfns mfe fhfb-tbftgs d` Susshm's admklhfbs. Ldrb dvbr, tgb

    eb`bmtbe Qtmtb wms dckhnbe td pmy shx chkkhdf lmros hf adlpbfsmthdf td Nbrlmfy.

    Ugbrb`drb, tgb Susshmf blphrbs pmrthahpmthdf hf tgb wmr turfbe dut ms m adlpkbtb

    ehsmstbr `dr tgb aduftry. Mpmrt `rdl tgb gulmf mfe badfdlha kdssbs, ht maabkbrmtbe tgb

    rbvdkuthdfmry ldvblbft, ebstrdybe hts bfthrb ndvbrflbftmk systbl, gbfab pkufnhfn

    tgb Qtmtb hftd adlpkbtb agmds, iust khob Zydtr Eurfdvd prbehatbe cmao hf

    @bcrumry =8=5.

    Hf Burdpb, fd fmthdf ofdws bxmatky gdw td ebmk whtg tgb fbwky hfstmkkbe

    Cdksgbvho pdwbr. Crhtmhf hs fd bxabpthdf mfe tgb lblcbrs d` tgb Amchfbt mrb ehvhebe

    df tgb qubsthdf. ^hfstdf Aguraghkk wms ebme sbt df nbtthfn rhe d` tgb adllufhst

    tgrbmt cy hftbrvbfhfn ehrbatky hf Susshm. Hf ghs dphfhdf, Cdksgbvhsl wms tgb wdrst

    tyrmffy, tgb ldst ebstruathvb mfe tgb ldst ebnrmehfn. Ht hs sgbbr gulcun td prbtbfe ht

    hs fdt `mr wdrsb tgmf Nbrlmf lhkhtmrhsl.3=Zrhlb Lhfhstbr Kkdye Nbdrnb wms d` mf

    dppdshtb lhfe. Gb gme fd hftbfthdf d` adfthfuhfn suppdrt td tgb ^ghtb ldvblbft (tgb

    tsmrhst `drabs hf Susshm), prb`brrhfn td rbtrhbvb Crhthsg trddps tgmt wbrb mhehfn Susshmf

    adllmfebrs Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo mfe Mftdf Ebfhohf. Ugbrb`drb, fd b``bathvb cmaohfn

    wms put hf pkmab `dr tgb Susshmf ^ghtb numre, quhtb tgb dppdshtb. ^htg tgb wmr dvbr

    mfe Nbrlmfy eb`bmtbe, ht wms thlb td rblblcbr dke rhvmkrhbs. Kdre Aurzdf cmaobe tgb

    Zrhlb Lhfhstbr, ms gb wms `bmr`uk tgmt rbstdrhfn m strdfn Susshm wduke tgrbmtbf

    Crhtmhfs blphrb mfe wms tgbrb`drb gmk`-gbmrtbe hf ghs suppdrt d` tgb tsmrhst ldvblbft.

    Hf =8=8, tgb Kkdye Nbdrnb ebakmrbe td tgb Gdusb d` Adlldfs tgmt m ^ghtb vhatdry

    wduke fdt cb hf tgb cbst hftbrbsts d` tgb Crhthsg Ardwf.

    Gb _Odkagmo\ hs `hngthfn `dr m rbufhtbe Susshm. ^bkk, ht hs fdt `dr lb td smy

    wgbtgbr tgmt hs m pdkhay wghag suhts tgb Crhthsg Blphrb. Ugbrb wms m vbry nrbmt

    Qtmtbslmf, Kdre Cbmadfs`hbke _Zrhlb Lhfhstbr Cbfimlhf Ehsrmbkh\, wgd

    3=^hfstdf Aguraghkk, Aguraghkk Qpbmos9 Adkkbatbe Qpbbagbs hf Zbmab mfe ^mr, =78>-=801 ,

    =87:, pp. 1>3

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    rbnmrebe m nrbmt, nhnmftha, adkdssmk, nrdwhfn Susshm rdkkhfn dfwmres khob m

    nkmahbr tdwmres Zbrshm mfe tgb cdrebrs d` M`ngmfhstmf mfe Hfehm ms tgb

    nrbmtbst lbfmab tgb Crhthsg Blphrb aduke cb adf`rdftbe whtg.33

    Kkdye Nbdrnb pusgbe `dr stdpphfn tgb wbmpdf suppky td tgb ^ghtbs mfe mf

    bvmaumthdf pdkhay d` Crhthsg mfe mkkhbe trddps `rdl Susshm. Ugb Crhthsg stmfab hf

    rbnmre td tgb Susshmf rbvdkuthdf hs `mr `rdl cbhfn tgb bssbfthmk rbmsdf d` tgb

    Cdksgbvhos vhatdry, cut ht fbvbrtgbkbss adfsdkhemtbe tgbl ms tgb suprblb pdwbr hf m

    lutmthfn Susshm.

    Crhtmhfs mttblpts mt adftrdk hf Uurobstmf mfe Zbrshm

    M`tbr tgb ehsmppbmrmfab d` tgb Susshmf Blphrb, Crhtmhf wmftbe td sbaurb m

    cu``br zdfb mkk tgb wmy `rdl tgb Amsphmf Qbm td Hfehm.

    Uurobstmf wms m sdutgbrf tbrrhtdry cbkdfnhfn td tgb Susshmf blphrb. Hf =8=7,

    m`tbr tgb Sbvdkuthdf, tgb shtumthdf hf Uurobstmf cbamlb agmdtha. Mutdfdldus mfe

    sbpmrmthst sbfthlbfts wbrb nrdwhfn mldfn tgb pdpukmthdf. Ugb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft

    ehspmtagbe m lhsshdf td Umsgobft ufebr tgb adllmfe d` @rbebrhao L. Cmhkby. Ugb

    `hrst tmso wms td dpbrmtb mnmhfst Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg `drabs, wghag wbrb tryhfn td

    maabss Cmou mfe hts dhk rhag tbrrhtdrhbs. Gdwbvbr, m sbadfemry tmso wms td suppky tgb

    mfth-Cdksgbvho `drabs whtg wbmpdfs mfe prdvheb `hfmfahmk suppdrt. Quppkhbs wbrb td

    adlb `rdl tgb fbmrbst Crhthsg lhkhtmry cmsbs tgmt wbrb mkrbmey hlpkblbftbe hf tgb

    rbnhdf. Hf Munust =8=7, Cmhkby shnfbe mf mnrbblbft whtg nbfbrmk Iufodvsoy, kbmebr

    d` tgb ^ghtb ldvblbft hf Uurobstmf. @dkkdwhfn tghs mnrbblbft, Crhtmhf nmhfbe

    prdtbatdrmtb dvbr Uurobstmf `dr 2: ybmrs.31

    Crhtmhf mksd `drlbe m spbahmk lhsshdf stmthdfbe hf Fdrtg-Bmstbrf Zbrshm kbe cy

    nbfbrmk ^hk`rhe Lmkkbsdf35. Hts ndmk wms td prbvbft Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg dpbrmthdfs hf

    tgb rbnhdf, cut mksd td bstmckhsg khfos whtg tgb sbpmrmthst mfth-Cdksgbvho Urmfsamsphmf

    Ndvbrflbft tgmt amlb td pdwbr hf Msgogmcme. Ugb lhsshdf prdvhebe `hfmfahmk mfe

    33Ebcmtb hf tgb Gdusb d` Adlldfs df Fdvblcbr =>, =8=8

    gttp9//gmfsmre.lhkkcmfosystbls.adl/adlldfs/=8=8/fdv/=>/ndvbcflbft-

    pdkhay#Q2AP:=3=Z:T=8=8===>TGDAT180

    31@rbebrhao Cmhkby,Lhsshdf td Umsgobft,3::3.

    35Zbtbr Gdpohro, Df sbarbt sbrvhab bmst d` Adfstmfthfdpkb, =885

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    lhkhtmry suppdrt9 `dr bxmlpkb, m lmaghfb nuf mttmaglbft wms sbft td mhe

    Urmfsamsphmfs hf tgbhr cmttkb mnmhfst tgb Cdksgbvho Umsgobft Qdvhbt `drabs. Mktgdung m

    lhfdr bphsdeb, ht hs shnfh`hamft ms ht wms tgb `hrst adf`rdftmthdf d` Crhthsg mfe Susshmf

    `drabs df tgb cmttkb`hbke shfab tgb Arhlbmf ^mr32. Kmtbr df, Lmkkbsdfs lhsshdf

    ldvbe hftd tgb tbrrhtdry d` tgb Susshmf Uurobstmf td idhf tgbhr mkkhbs hf tgbhr rbshstmfab

    td tgb Umsgobft Qdvhbt. Ugb shtumthdf agmfnbe hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` =8=8 wgbf tgb

    Urmfsamsphmf Ndvbrflbft stmrtbe td kddsb hts hf`kubfab hf tgb rbnhdf. Lmkkbsdf mfe

    ghs lbf kb`t Uurobstmfs tbrrhtdry mfe rbtrbmtbe cmao td Zbrshm. Cy =83: tgb

    Urmfsamsphmf Ndvbrflbft wms eb`bmtbe mfe Uurobstmf pmssbe ufebr adftrdk d` tgb

    Cdksgbvho `drabs wgd arbmtbe tgb Uurobstmf Mutdfdldus Qdvhbt Qdahmkhst Sbpuckha.

    Hf Zbrshm, tgb Crhthsg wmftbe td maabss tgb dhk rbsdurabs mfe td nmhf rhngts td

    adfeuat erhkkhfns. Ugby stmrtbe fbndthmthdfs `dr mf Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Mnrbblbft. Kdre

    Aurzdf, fdw Crhthsg @drbhnf Qbarbtmry, gme sbft m prdtdtypb d` tgb edaulbft td tgb

    Zbrshmf ndvbrflbft hf =8=8. Ugb mnrbblbft wms td sbaurb Crhtmhfs maabss td Hrmfhmf

    dhk `hbkes. (Kbts fdt `drnbt tgb usumk rhvmkry whtg Susshm9 sdlb d` tgbsb `hbkes wbrb

    kdamtbe hf fdrtgbrf prdvhfabs `drlbrky ufebr Susshmf hf`kubfab.) Hf rbturf `dr maabss

    td dhk, tgb Crhthsg wduke prdvheb mllufhthdf mfe wbmpdfry `dr tgb Zbrshmf mrly,

    wghag, hf pmrbftgbsbs, wduke cb trmhfbe cy Crhthsg d``habrs. Crhtmhf wduke mksd nhvb

    Zbrshm m 3 lhkkhdf stbrkhfn kdmf, tgus `hfmfahfn ndvbrflbftmk, badfdlha, sdahmk

    rb`drls hf Zbrshm cmsbe df tgb Burdpbmf ldebk. @hfmkky, Crhtmhf wduke nbt m rbvhsbe

    austdls tmrh`` whtg Zbrshm mfe adftrhcutb td cuhkehfn rmhkrdmes.30@mahfn tgb nrdwhfn

    Crhthsg hf`kubfab hf Zbrshm, Qdvhbt d``hahmks stmrtbe mpprdmaghfn tgb Zbrshmf

    ndvbrflbft tdd. Hf =83=, Qdvhbt mfe Zbrshmf d``hahmks shnfbe tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf

    Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp, hf wghag tgby mnrbbe td gmvb `ukk mfe bqumk sghpphfn rhngts df

    tgb Amsphmf Qbm. Ldrb hlpdrtmftky, cdtg bfnmnbe fdt td mkkdw tgb prbsbfab df tgbhr

    tbrrhtdrhbs d` mfy tghre `drab wgdsb dcibat _wduke cb\ td bfnmnb hf mats d` gdsthkhty

    mnmhfst Zbrshm dr Susshm, dr mnmhfst tgb Mkkhbs d` Susshm.3>

    Ugb Qdvhbt prdlhsb d`

    suppdrt mfe strdfn Crhthsg rbsbftlbft mldfn tgb Zbrshmf pbdpkb bvbftumkky kbe

    32Bkkhs, A. G, "Ugb Crhthsg Hftbrvbfthdf hf Urmfsamsphm =8=7-=8=8"Rfhvbrshty d` Amkh`drfhmZrbss, Cbrobkby mfe Kds Mfnbkbs, =801

    30M. S. Cbnkh Cbhnhb, "Sbpbmthfn lhstmobs, Crhtmhf, Hrmf & tgb =8=8 Urbmty". Ugb Hrmfhmf.

    Mraghvbe `rdl tgb drhnhfmk df =3 Mprhk 3::>gttp9//hrmfhmf.adl/Ghstdry/3::=/Lmrag/Crhtmhf/hfebx.gtlk

    3>Zbrshm mfe tgb Susshmf Qdahmkhst @bebrmk Qdvhbt Sbpuckha - Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp, shnfbe mtLdsadw, @bcrumry 30, =83=, Mrthakb 2

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    tgbLmikhs(tgb Zbrshmf pmrkhmlbft)td adlpkbtbky rbibat tgb Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Mnrbblbft

    mfe td rmth`y tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf trbmty whtgdut mktbrmthdf.

    Hf tgb bfe d` =8=7 Crhtmhfs strunnkb `dr adftrdk hf tgb Amsphmf rbnhdf amf cb

    rbkmtbe td tgb bvbfts d` ^drke ^mr H (fdtmcky `dr erhvhfn dut Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg

    `drabs hf tgb mrbm). Gdwbvbr, m`tbr tgb bfblys amphtukmthdf tgb shtumthdf agmfnbs. ^b

    amf adfshebr tgmt eb `matd tgb Nrbmt Nmlb rbstmrts, cut fdw whtg Qdvhbt Susshm ms

    Crhtmhfs dppdfbft. Ugb bvbfts hf Uurobstmf hf =8=7-=83: sgdw tgmt tgb dke rhvmkry

    cbtwbbf Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe Susshm hf tgb rbnhdf wms sthkk mf hlpdrtmft `matdr d` kdamk

    pdkhthas. Bvbf h` tgb Usmrs blphrb adkkmpsbe, hts gbhr, Qdvhbt Susshm, akbmrky

    ebldfstrmtbe gbr whkk td eb`bfe gbr pdshthdfs hf Abftrmk Mshm cdtg cy ehpkdlmtha mfe

    lhkhtmry lbmfs. Ugb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm gmvb cbadlb ldrb vmkumckb tgmf

    bvbr shfab tgb hfeustrhmk rbvdkuthdf. Ugdsb kmfes fdw gdke tgb ldst prbahdus rbsdurab

    tgmt `ubks dke rhvmkrhbs mfe mttrmats fbw prbemtdrs9 dhk.

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    Zmrt HH9

    Mf hftbrlhsshdf hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb

    Ldst d` tgb bvbfts tgmt tddo pkmab df tgb bvb mfe hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` ^drke

    ^mr HH adfabftrmtbe hf Burdpb mfe wbrb fdt ehrbatky adffbatbe td tgb stmnb d` tgb

    Nrbmt Nmlb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm. M`tbr tgb daaupmthdf d` ldst d`

    adfthfbftmk ^bstbrf Burdpb, Fmzh Nbrlmfy wms pdfebrhfn eh``brbft strmtbnhbs `dr gbr

    fbxt stbps. Akbmrky, Ghtkbrs bxpmfshdfhst mlchthdfs wbrb fdt ybt smths`hbe mfe gb wms

    kddohfn `dr ghs fbxt prby. Hf =85:, tgb @grbr wms `mahfn twd lmidr dppdfbfts9Nrbmt Crhtmhf, d``hahmkky mt wmr whtg Nbrlmfy shfab Qbptblcbr 1re, =818, mfe

    tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, wghag gme shnfbe m sgmoy pbmab mnrbblbft whtg Ghtkbrs rbnhlb.

    Cut nhvbf tgb kmttbrs gmtrbe tdwmres adllufhsts, tgbrb wbrb `bw pbdpkb educthfn tgmt

    sddfbr dr kmtbr m akmsg whtg tgb RQQS wduke tmob pkmab. Gdwbvbr, Nbrlmfys bxmat

    pkmf wms fdt ybt bkmcdrmtbe mfe vmrhdus pdsshchkhthbs prbsbftbe tgblsbkvbs td tgb Fmzh

    kbmebrs. Hf tgb `dkkdwhfn wb whkk ebsarhcb dfb d` tgb sabfmrhds tgmt wms fdt `ukky

    rbmkhzbe hf tgb adursb d` ghstdry cut wms sbrhdusky adfshebrbe maadrehfn td ghstdrhamk

    edaulbfts. Ughs sabfmrhd stmrtbe td cb amrrhbe dut mfe tgb stmnb d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb

    smw tgb bftrmfab d` m fbw pdwbr`uk pkmybr.

    M tghre matdr df tgb stmnb

    Nbrlmf lhkhtmry mathdfs mnmhfst Nrbmt Crhtmhf hf =818-=85: wbrb ldstky

    m``bathfn sbm adllufhamthdfs hf mf mttblpt td hlpdsb m ckdaomeb df tgb hfsukmr

    blphrb. Ugbsb mttmaos wbrb hf`khathfn adfshebrmckb emlmnb (whtg 5>= amrnd vbssbkskdst hf =85: mkdfb) cut wbrb fdt bfdung td sbrhdusky wbmobf tgb Crhthsg lhkhtmry

    pdwbr. Mbrhmk mttmaos wbrb mksd vbry hftbfshvb cut tgb Sdymk Mhr @drabs b``bathvbky

    aduftbrbe tgbl. Phatdry hf m gbme-df mssmukt wms prmathamkky hlpdsshckb `dr Nbrlmfy.

    Ugbrb`drb, Fmzh kbmebrs adfshebrbe mfdtgbr strmtbny, dfb tgmt wms prdlhshfn fbmrky

    abrtmhf suaabss. Maadrehfn td tghs strmtbny, tgb lmhf tgrust d` dpbrmthdfs wduke cb

    ehrbatbe tdwmres Fdrtg M`rham mfe Lheekb Bmst. Ugbrb`drb, tgb pkmf Ghtkbr wms td

    mppky wms tgb smlb tgmt Fmpdkbdf Cdfmpmrtb furturbe m abftury cb`drb9 autthfn d``

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    Crhtmhf d` gbr Hfehmf rbsdurabs. @urtgbrldrb, Nbrlmfy wduke nmhf adftrdk dvbr tgb dhk

    `hbkes hf tgb Lheekb Bmst.37

    Ugb mevmftmnbs d` m Fdrtg M`rhamf amlpmhnf

    Df dfb gmfe, Crhtmhfs ampmahty td dppdsb Nbrlmfy df tgb adfthfbft wduke

    kdwbr ermlmthamkky, ms tgb dhk rbsdurabs mrb d` adursb bxtrblbky hlpdrtmft td `ubk mkk

    tgb lhkhtmry bquhplbft9 vbghakbs, tmfos, pkmfbs Ugb Lheekb Bmst wduke d``br Ghtkbr

    m qumsh-khlhtkbss suppky d` dhk, tgb dfb rbsdurab Nbrlmfy fbbebe ldst. Mt tgb smlb

    thlb, whtg adftrdk dvbr Bnypt mfe tgb Qubz Amfmk, tgb Mxhs pdwbrs wduke cb mckb td

    adlpkbtbky pmrmkyzb tgb Crhthsg Sdymk Fmvy df tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm.

    Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, adftrdk dvbr tgb Abftrmk Mshmf rbnhdfs wduke mksd pdsb m

    rbmk tgrbmt td tgb RQQS9 Nbrlmf trddps wduke adlb up vbry akdsb td vhtmk rbnhdfs `dr

    tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, rbnhdfs tgmt pkmybe prdcmcky tgb ldst aruahmk rdkb hf tgb kmttbrs

    badfdly. Bvbf h` gb eheft pkmf df mttmaohfn tgb RQQS hllbehmtbky, Ghtkbr ofbw gb

    wduke gmvb td tmob df tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf sddfbr dr kmtbr mfe wms pkdtthfn maadrehfnky.

    Abftrmk Mshm wms mfe rblmhfbe m vukfbrmckb mrbm `dr tgb RQQS mfe rbprbsbftbe m

    adfvbfhbft pdhft d` bftry hftd Qdvhbt tbrrhtdry.

    Ugb Dcbrodllmfeds strmtbnhbs

    Shngt m`tbr tgb amphtukmthdf d` @rmfab hf Iufb =85:, Fdrtg M`rham wms vbry

    wbmoky prdtbatbe whtg mcdut iust dvbr 1: tgdusmfes Crhthsg sdkehbrs mfe m shfnkb

    mrldurbe ehvhshdf hf Bnypt eb`bfehfn tgb Qubz Amfmk. Ugb Fmzh mrly gme mt tgb smlb

    thlb mcdut 5: ehvhshdfs fdt bfnmnbe hf mathvb dpbrmthdfs. Df tgb Iufb =:tg, =85: Htmky

    bftbrbe tgb wmr df tgb Ghtkbrs sheb. Ugb Htmkhmf fmvy aut tgb Crhthsg suppky khfbs hf tgb

    Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm `drahfn tgb Crhthsg adfvdys td nd mrdufe M`rham. Ugbrb`drb, tgbrb

    wms fd wmy `dr Crhthsg trddps td quhaoky ebpkdy rbhf`drablbfts. Htmkhmf trddps hf

    Khcym (mf Htmkhmf adkdfy mt tgmt thlb) wbrb mksd pkmffhfn mf d``bfshvb df Bnypt. H`

    Ghtkbr adfabftrmtbe ghs `drabs df tmohfn dvbr Fdrtg M`rham mfe tgb Qubz Amfmk hf

    pmrthaukmr, tgb suaabss d` tghs amlpmhnf wms mkldst numrmftbbe df m sgdrt thlb samkb.

    NbfbrmkMk`rbe Idek, Aghb` d` tgb Dpbrmthdfs Qtm`` d` tgb Mrlbe @drabs Ghng

    Adllmfe (Dcbrodllmfed ebr ^bgrlmagt), prbsbftbe tghs strmtbny td Ghtkbr hf m

    lbldrmfeul hf Iufb =85:. Qhlhkmr pkmfs wbrb mksd put `drwmre cy Brhag Smbebr,

    37Mkbxmfebr Cbvhf,Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=

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    kbmebr d` tgb Nbrlmf fmvy (Dcbrodllmfed ebr Lmrhfb)38. Gb pdhftbe dut tgmt m`tbr

    dvbrtmohfn Qubz, ht wduke cbadlb bmsy td rbmag Uuroby vhm Zmkbsthfb mfe Qyrhm, mfe

    tghs wduke `drab Uuroby td idhf tgb Mxhs aduftrhbs. Ugbf tgb adfsbauthvb d``bfshvb df

    Susshm hf Burdpb wduke prdcmcky cb fdt fbabssmry mt mkk. Mfdtgbr pdsshckb rdutb td

    Crhthsg Hfehm wms tgb dfb Fmpdkbdf gme pkmffbe td tmob m abftury cb`drb9 tgrdung tgb

    Cmkomfs td Uuroby mfe tgbf td Abftrmk Mshm. M`tbr `drahfn Uuroby td cbadlb mf mkky,

    tgb wmy wduke cb dpbf `urtgbr td Hrmf. Ugbrb, hf Hrmf, tgb rukbr Sbzm Zmgkmvh gme akdsb

    thbs whtg Fmzh Nbrlmfy. Df tgb bvb d` wmr, Hrmfs lmhf trmehfn pmrtfbr wms Nbrlmfy

    mfe Nbrlmfs wbrb hfvdkvbe hf lmfy tmsos mrdufe tgb aduftry, khob dpbfhfn `matdrhbs

    dr cuhkehfn rdmes, rmhkrdmes mfe crhenbs. Rfkhob dtgbr pdwbrs, Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe

    Susshm, Nbrlmfy ehe fdt pmrthahpmtb hf tgb adkdfhsmthdf d` tgb aduftry cb`drb lmohfn

    prd`hts `rdl Hrmfs fmturmk rbsdurabs. Ugb Hrmfhmf kbmebr hs tgbrb`drb sylpmtgbtha td

    Ghtkbr mfe whkkhfn td adkkmcdrmtb whtg tgb Fmzhs.

    H` tgb pkmf wdros, tgb rdme td Hfehm wduke cb dpbf. Kbt us bxtrmpdkmtb tghs

    sabfmrhd `urtgbr. H` tgb Nbrlmf trddps hf Fdrtg M`rham wbft df whtg tgbhr pkmf mfe

    idhfbe tgb Impmfbsb mrly sdlbwgbrb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst dr Hfehm, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf

    wduke gmvb cbbf surrdufebe adlpkbtbky. H` tgb mkkhbe trddps mttmaobe mfe crbmagbe

    RQQSs sdutg cdrebr, tgby aduke gmvb gme m ndde agmfab td ehvheb tgb Qdvhbt tbrrhtdry

    hf gmkvbs tgus maghbvhfn m strmtbnha vhatdry. Ughs sabfmrhd lhngt kddo `mftmstha, cut wb

    sgduke fdt `drnbt tgmt hf =853 Impmfbsb `drabs hf tgbhr lmrag td tgb ^bst rbmagbe

    Curlm, tgb stmtb gmvhfn m adlldf cdrebr whtg Hfehm.

    Zutthfn tgb pkmf hftd mathdf

    Hf drebr td put tghs pkmf hftd mathdf ht wms `hrst fbabssmry td fbutrmkhzb tgb

    tgrbmt `rdl tgb RQQS sheb. M`rmhe d` gmvhfn td `hngt m twd-`rdft wmr

    tgb Nbrlmfs fhngtlmrb shfab ^drke ^mr H tgb @grbr trhbs td numrmftbb ghlsbk`mnmhfst cmttkhfn df tgb Bmstbrf `rdft cy shnfhfn m fdf-mnnrbsshdf trbmty whtg Qdvhbt

    Susshm, tgb pmat d` Ldkdtdv-Shccbftrdp hf =818. Eurhfn hftbfshvb fbndthmthdfs

    tgrdungdut =85: Nbrlmf kbmebrs wbrb bvbf tryhfn td lmob tgb RQQS idhf tgb Mxhs

    mkkhmfab. Mktgdung tgbsb fbndthmthdfs `mhkbe cbamusb tgb Qdvhbt sheb wms eblmfehfn

    ufmaabptmckb adfehthdfs, hts fbutrmkhty td Nbrlmf mathdfs sbblbe td cb numrmftbbe.

    Ugb bvbfts hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` =85= sunnbst tgmt tgb Nbrlmfs stmrtbe amrryhfn

    dut tgbhr pkmfs. Ugb Mxhs pdwbrs kmufagbe tgbhr hfvmshdf d` Xundskmvhmhf Mprhk =85=.

    Ugb Ku`twm``b stmrtbe cy cdlcmrehfn Cbknrmeb, tgbf nrdufe dpbrmthdfs wbrb

    38Agmrkbs Ugdlms, Ugb Nbrlmf Fmvy hf tgb Fmzh Brm, =88:

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    ebpkdybe. Ugb Sdymk Xundskmv Mrlywms hf fd sgmpb td pusg cmao suag m pdwbr`uk

    bfbly mfe wms `drabe td surrbfebr. @rdl tgbf df, Xundskmvhm, pmrtky daauphbe, pmrtky

    mffbxbe, pmrtky m puppbtbbr stmtb, gme cbadlb tgb `hrst lhkbstdfb hf dpbfhfn m rdutb td

    Abftrmk Mshm. Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, hf @bcrumry =85=, tgb sbadfe pmssmnb td Abftrmk Mshm

    (tgrdung Fdrtg M`rham) wms mcdut td cb crbmagbe.

    Hf Khcym, df @bcrumry =1, =85=, tgb Nbrlmf M`rham Adrps d` nbfbrmk Brwhf

    Sdllbk gms kmfebe hf Urhpdkh. Kmtbr df, Sdllbks trddps ardss tgb Bnypthmf cdrebr.

    Hf Hrmq, hf Mprhk =85= tgb Ndkebf squmrb adup tmobs pkmab. Ht wms hfsthnmtbe cy tgb

    Nrmfe Lu`th Ldgmllme Mlhf mk-Gusmyfh, m prd-Fmzh adkkmcdrmtdr. Ugb prd-Crhthsg

    rbnhlb d` Sbnbft Mceuk Hkmg wms ebpdsbe mfe Smsghe Mkh mk-Nmykmfh cbamlb Zrhlb

    Lhfhstbr mfe hfstmkkbe m prd-Fmzh Hrmqh ndvbrflbft. Ugb Crhthsg rbmatbe cy sbfehfn

    trddps td bfe tgb luthfy, cut gme td `mab tgb lhkhtmry d``bfshvb stmrtbe cy tgb Hrmqh

    mrly. Ugb Nbrlmfs sbft mvhmthdf td Ldsuk mfe Cmneme td prdvheb suppdrt td tgb prd-

    Fmzh. Ugbrb`drb tgb Qubz Amfmk hs fbmrky ckdaobe, Uuroby mfe Hrmf mrb Nbrlmfys

    sylpmtghzbrs. Urddps mrb lmraghfn td lbbt Sdllbk `rdl tgb mkkhbe Hrmqh tbrrhtdry.

    Ugb strmtbny d` tgb Mxhs pdwbrs sbbls td cb pbr`batky hlpkblbftbe.

    Cut sdlbtghfn ndbs wrdfn mfe Ghtkbr agmfnbs ghs pkmfs. Gb kmufagbs m

    prblmturb mttmao df tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, wghag ruhfs mkk ghs strmtbnhbs d` strhohfn tgb

    RQQS `rdl tgb sdutg mfe tgrdung Abftrmk Mshm. ^b amffdt ofdw mkk tgb bxmat rbmsdfs

    `dr tghs agmfnb d` pkmfs. Df dfb gmfe, tgb mevmfablbft d` Htmkhmf trddps hftd Bnypt

    wms ufsuaabss`uk mfe ldrb Nbrlmf `drabs wbrb td cb ebpkdybe hf meehthdf td

    Sdllbks trddps td cmao tgbhr mkky. Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, tgb Nbrlmfs adf`hebfab tgmt

    fd RQQS strhob whkk tmob tgb Fmzhs cy surprhsb wghkb tgby mrb adfabftrmtbe df ldvhfn

    tdwmres tgb Lheekb Bmst wms ufebrlhfbe. Df Lmy 2, =85= hf tgb Orblkhf, Qtmkhf

    nhvbs m spbbag tgmt hs smhe td gmvb gme tbrrh`hbe Ghtkbr mfe urnbe ghl td mttmao tgb

    Qdvhbt Rfhdf bmrkhbr tgmf bxpbatbe.1:

    Hs tgb Nbrlmf mrly truky hfvhfahckb4 Fd. Ugbrb mrb fd hfvhfahckb mrlhbs mfe

    tgbrb fbvbr gmvb cbbf. Ud eb`bfe dur aduftry, wb lust tmob tgb d``bfshvb

    pdshthdf. ^b gmvb td swhtag `rdl m eb`bfshvb stmfab td mnnrbsshvb stmfab.

    Qtmkhfs spbbag td Sbe Mrly d``habrs

    1: Mkbxmfebr Cbvhf, Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=

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    Bhtgbr wmy, Nbrlmf trddps ehe fdt nbt tgb fbabssmry rbhf`drablbfts td turf tgb

    dees hf tgbhr `mvdur hf Fdrtg M`rham mfe tgb Hfehmf Nbrlmf pkmfs wbrb fdt

    suaabss`uk.

    Mkkhbs hf tgb `mab d` m adlldf bfbly

    Ugb Mkkhbs wbrb mwmrb d` tgb pdsshckb strmtbnhbs `dr Nbrlmfys bxpmfshdf.

    ^hfstdf Aguraghkk wms prdcmcky tgb dfb wgd smw cbttbr tgmf mfycdey tgb prdcmchkhty

    mfe emfnbr d` suag m tmatha. Hf m kbttbr td @rmfokhf Sddsbvbkt, Aguraghkk wmrfbe tgmt h`

    Bnypt mfe Qubz wbrb kdst td Nbrlmfy, tgb shtumthdf d` tgb Mkkhbs wduke wdrsbf

    shnfh`hamftky mfe sd bvbf h` tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs bftbrs tgb wmr df tgbhr sheb1=

    . Bvbf m`tbrcbnhffhfn d` tgb hfvmshdf d` tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf hf Iufb =85=, tgb rhso d` Nbrlmfys

    `drabs mttmaohfn hf tgb ehrbathdf d` Hrmf wms ghng.

    Ht hs hlpdrtmft td rblblcbr tgmt ebsphtb Crhtmhfs strdfn prbsbfab hf tgb

    pdkhthamk kh`b d` Zbrshm (mfe kmtbr Hrmf) hf tgb =81:s, Nbrlmfy wms mathvbky

    adkkmcdrmthfn whtg kdamk mutgdrhthbs, gbkphfn td ebvbkdp tgb kdamk badfdly, ldebrfhzb

    tgb hf`rmstruaturb mfe lhkhtmry `drabs. Ndbccbks prdpmnmfem ebphatbe Hrmfhmfs ms

    ebsabfemfts d` Mrymfs. Xdufn Hrmfhmfs ms wbkk ms lhkhtmry d``habrs wbrb nbtthfn

    tgbhr beuamthdf hf Nbrlmfy. Mktdnbtgbr tghs mkkdwbe Nbrlmfy td ebvbkdp vbry akdsb

    thbs whtg Hrmf cy =85:, td suag bxtbft tgmt tgbrb wms m rbmk agmfab d` Hrmf idhfhfn tgb

    Mxhs mkkhmfab. Qdlbtghfn gme td cb edfb td fbutrmkhzb tghs tgrbmt.

    Hf Munust =85=, Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf mkky td kmufag mf hfvmshdf

    hf Hrmf, adebfmlbe Dpbrmthdf Aduftbfmfab, dcvhdusky td adftmhf mfe stdp tgb

    Nbrlmf prbsbfab hf tgb Lheekb Bmst. Ugb lmhf ndmk d` tgb dpbrmthdf wms td prbvbft

    Hrmfhmf dhk `hbkes mfe pbtrdkbul hfeustry `rdl `mkkhfn hftd tgb gmfes d` tgb Mxhs

    pdwbrs. Ugb sbadfe tmso wms td eb`bfe tgbZbrshmf adrrhedr (wghag wbft tgrdung Hrmf

    hftd Qdvhbt Mzbrcmhimf), tgb rdutb usbe td trmfs`br suppkhbs adlhfn `rdl Crhthsg mhe

    mfe tgb RQM Kbfe-Kbmsb td tgb RQQS.

    Ugb daaupmthdf d` Hrmf eheft nd slddtgky. Ms wb smhe cb`drb, Qgmg Sbz!

    Zmgkmvh wms sylpmtgbtha td Ghtkbr. Ugbrb`drb gb wms dppdsbe td tgb bftry d` Mkkhbe

    `drabs df ghs aduftrys tbrrhtdry. Gdwbvbr, `rdl tgb Qdvhbt sheb tgbrb wms m kbnmk

    1=Cbvhf Mkbxmfebr, Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=

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    prbtbxt ushfn mrthakbs 2 mfe 0 d` tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp d` =83=. Ugb

    Qdvhbt Rfhdf `drabe Hrmfhmfs td kbt tgb Mkkhbe `drabs hf.

    () H` m @drbhnf Zdwbr sgduke tgrbmtbf tgb `rdfthbrs d` @bebrmk Susshm dr

    tgdsb d` hts Mkkhbs, () Susshm sgmkk gmvb tgb rhngt td mevmfab gbr trddps hftd

    tgb Zbrshmf hftbrhdr `dr tgb purpdsb d` amrryhfn dut tgb lhkhtmry dpbrmthdfs

    fbabssmry `dr hts eb`bfab.

    Mrthakb 0 d` tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp (=83=)

    Qdurab9 gttp9//tdpwmr.ru/==2:>-dpbrmahym-sdnkmshb.gtlk

    Df Munust 32 =85= cdtg Crhthsg mfe Qdvhbt trddps bftbrbe Hrmfs tbrrhtdry.Sbzm Qgmg msobe tgb RQ prbshebft `dr gbkp, cut Sddsbvbkt rb`usbe mfe rbpkhbe tgmt

    fbhtgbr Crhtmhf, fdr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf gmvb tbrrhtdrhmk akmhls hf Hrmf. Crhthsg `drabs

    mttmaobe hf tgb ehrbathdf d` Cmsrm hf tgb sdutg mfe `rdl Ohrouo hf tgb fdrtg. Qdvhbt

    Rfhdf bfnmnbe tgrbb mrlhbs hf tgb fdrtg ushfn kmrnb fulcbrs d` tmfos mfe mhrpkmfbs.

    Ugb trddps smw khttkb rbshstmfab `rdl tgb Hrmfhmf sheb mfe wbrb bfidyhfn

    dvbrwgbklhfn supbrhdrhty cdtg hf tgb soy mfe df tgb nrdufe. Cy Munust 1: tg mathvb

    dpbrmthdfs wbrb mkrbmey `hfhsgbe mfe mf mrlhsthab adfakuebe.

    Df Qbptblcbr =0tg, Sbzm Qgmg wms ebpdsbe mfe rbpkmabe cy ghs sdf. Mkkhbe

    trddps bftbrbe tgb amphtmk ahty d` Ubgrmf. Nbrlmfys hf`kubfab wms brmehamtbe mfe tgb

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    Mkkhbs nmhfbe m sdkhe cmsb `dr pusghfn cmao mfy dtgbr Nbrlmf mttblpt mt adftrdk hf tgb

    mrbm. Ugby tddo adftrdk dvbr Hrmfs rmhkrdmes mfe dhk `hbkes. Ugb Crhthsg `drabs

    daauphbe tgb Qdutgbrf rbnhdfs d` Hrmf, wgbrbms tgb Qdvhbts tddo dvbr tgb Fdrtg. Ht hs

    hftbrbsthfn tgmt tgbsbs zdfbs d` hf`kubfab wbrb arbmtbe hf mkldst tgb smlb wmy tgmt hf

    =8:>, wgbf Zbrshm wms hfvmebe cy Crhtmhf mfe Susshm mfe tgb trbmty stmthfn tgb bfe

    d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb wms shnfbe.

    Hf =853 Hrmf rbnmhfbe `drlmk hfebpbfebfab mfe shnfbe mf mkkhmfab trbmty whtg

    cdtg Crhtmhf mfe Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Hf Qbptblcbr =851 Hrmf ebakmrbe wmr df Nbrlmfy.

    Mlbrhamf trddps idhfbe tgb Mkkhbe `drabs hf Hrmf hf =851 hf drebr td prdtbat tgb

    Zbrshmf adrrhedr. Gdwbvbr, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf obpt twd mrlhbs hf Hrmf ufthk tgb bfe d`

    tgb wmr bvbf wgbf Ghtkbrs `drabs wbrb mpprdmaghfn Ldsadw mfe Qtmkhfnrme. Ughs

    wms d``hahmkky bxpkmhfbe cy tgb `bmr d` pdsshckb mttmaos cy Uurohsg `drabs, cut sdlb

    rbsbmragbrs cbkhbvb tgmt Qtmkhf matumkky ehe fdt `ukky trust ghs mkkhbs mfe prb`brrbe td

    lmhftmhf Qdvhbt prbsbfab hf tghs oby rbnhdf.

    M`tbr tgb wmr, cmao td tgb Nmlb

    @hngts dvbr Hrmf

    Dfab Ghtkbr wms eb`bmtbe mfe Nbrlmfy wbmobfbe mnmhf, tgb twd prdtmndfhsts

    d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb rbvhvbe tgbhr dke nruenbs. Qddf m`tbr tgb bfe d` tgb wmr, ^hfstdf

    Aguraghkks @uktdfspbbag(hf wghag tgb hrdf aurtmhf hs lbfthdfbe `dr tgb `hrst thlb)

    ebldfstrmtbs gdw quhaoky cdtg aduftrhbs ndt td bmag dtgbrs tgrdmt mnmhf.

    Fdcdey ofdws wgmt Qdvhbt Susshm mfe hts Adllufhst hftbrfmthdfmk

    drnmfhsmthdf hftbfes td ed hf tgb hllbehmtb `uturb, dr wgmt mrb tgb khlhts, h`

    mfy, td tgbhr bxpmfshvb mfe prdsbkythshfn tbfebfahbs. 13

    Cdtg Qtmtbs bftbr m `hngt dvbr wgds ndhfn td lmhftmhf hf`kubfab dvbr Hrmf mfe

    tgb Hrmfhmf fmturmk wbmktg, sucsbqubftky prdvdohfn tgb Hrmf arhshs hf =850. Qdvhbt

    Susshm wms mcsdkutbky ufwhkkhfn td quht Hrmf mfe cy tgmt kddsb gdke d` hts fdrtgbrf dhk

    `hbkes. Ugbrb`drb sgb `mhks td whtgermw gbr trddps `rdl Zbrshmf tbrrhtdry ms sddf ms

    13^hfstdf Aguraghkk's Hrdf Aurtmhf Qpbbag

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    tgb emfnbr gms cbbf rbldvbe11ms sthpukmtbe hf tgb trbmty (tgb dfb tgmt mkkdwbe tgb

    Mfnkd-sdvhbt hfvmshdf d` Hrmf hf tgb `hrst pkmab). Hf tgb m`tbrlmtg d` tgb daaupmthdf,

    tgb Mkkhbe `drabs d``hahmkky gme m 0-ldftg ebmekhfb m`tbr tgb sbttkhfn d` mkk adf`khats td

    whtgermw tgbhr trddps `rdl Hrmf. Ugb RQQS gdwbvbr akbmrky eheft sbb lmttbrs hf tghs

    khngt.

    M`tbr tgb `mkk d` Sbzm Qgmg hf =85=, fdt dfky tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf nmhfbe adftrdk

    dvbr fdrtgbrf tbrrhtdrhbs, cut ht mksd lmeb pkmfs d` sprbmehfn tgb hebms d` sdahmkhsl. Hf

    drebr td ed sd, tgb RQQS arbmtbe twd adlpkbtbky mrth`hahmk stmtbs whtg puppbt

    ndvbrflbfts hf tgb fdrtg d` Hrmf9 tgb Mzbrcmhimf Zbdpkb's Ndvbrflbft mfe tgb

    Sbpuckha d` Lmgmcme.15

    Ugb ahthbs d` Umcrhz mfe Lmgmcme wbrb daauphbe mfe tgb

    Qdvhbt trddps rblmhfbe hf tgb mrbm bvbf m`tbr tgb bxphrmthdf d` tgb ebmekhfb.

    Ugb hftbrfmthdfmk adllufhty wms ebbpky trduckbe whtg tgb Qdvhbts akbmr

    rbshstmfab td gbmrhfn mfy rbmsdf. Dfky m`tbr mf Hrmfhmf adlpkmhft gms cbbf suclhttbe

    td tgb Rfhtbe Fmthdfs mfe gbmvy ehpkdlmtha prbssurb `rdl tgb adllufhty (ldstky

    `rdl tgb RQM) tgb Qdvhbts, rbkuatmftky, whtgerbw. Ugb MZN mfe Lmgmcme gmppbfbe

    td cb sgdrt-khvbe. Ugby ehsmppbmrbe ms sddf ms tgb Qdvhbts kb`t tgb daauphbe tbrrhtdrhbs

    mfe Hrmfhmf trddps bftbrbe tgb rbnhdfs. Ugb puppbt d``hahmks d` tgb twd stmtbs bhtgbr

    `kbe td tgb RQQS dr wbrb bxbautbe.

    Ugb Mfnkd-Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy

    Bvbf m`tbr lhkhtmry `drabs wbrb whtgermwf `rdl Hrmf, Crhthsg hf`kubfab hf tgb

    aduftry ehe fdt kdwbr, ht cbamlb wms bfsurbe cy dtgbr lbmfs. Ugb lmhf qubsthdf wms9

    wgd whkk cb adftrdkkhfn Hrmfs dhk rbsdurabs4 Ughs lmros mf hlpdrtmft turf hf tgb

    Nrbmt Nmlb. @rdl fdw df, lhkhtmry `drab hs fd ldrb tgb sdkb mrnulbft hf tgb ehsputb.

    Badfdlha thbs mfe ehpkdlmtha lmfdbuvrbs prbvmhk.Hf m`tbr wmr Hrmf, Crhtmhfs lmhf lbmfs d` hf`kubfab wms tgb Mfnkd-Zbrshmf

    Dhk Adlpmfy(MZDA). Ht wms arbmtbe hf =8:8 ms sucshehmry d` m Qadtthsg dhk adlpmfy,

    Curlmg Dhk. Qgdrtky cb`drb ^drke ^mr H, ^hfstdf Aguraghkk (tgbf @hrst Kdre d` tgb

    Melhrmkty) wms kddohfn `dr wmys td rbeuab Crhtmhfs ebpbfebfay df `drbhnf dhk

    11Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp (=83=), Mrthakb 0

    15Qtbpgbf Ohfzbr, Mkk tgb Qgmg's Lbf, 3::7

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    adlpmfhbs, Qtmfemre Dhk (RQM) mfe Sdymk Eutag Qgbkk (Eutag).12Ugb MZDA shnfbe

    m adftrmat whtg tgb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft mfe numrmftbbe rbnukmr mfe sbaurb dhk suppkhbs

    hf rbturf `dr 3 lhkkhdf d` fbw amphtmk. Gbfab`drtg ebtmhfhfn m adftrdkkhfn hftbrbst hf

    MZDA, tgb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft cbamlb eb `matd tgb gheebf pdwbr cbghfe tgb

    adlpmfy. MZDA ebvbkdpbe rmpheky df tgb rhag Hrmfhmf dhk `hbkes, gdwbvbr Hrmfhmf

    pdpukmr rbsbftlbft d` tgb adlpmfy wms nrdwhfn strdfnbr tdd, cbamusb Hrmf dfky

    rbabhvbe =0% d` fbt prd`hts `rdl tgb smkbs d` hts dwf rbsdurab. MZDA wms `drabe td

    rbfbndthmtb tgb tbrls d` tgb adfabsshdf. Hf Ebablcbr =813, Crhtmhf gme td suclht tgb

    Hrmfhmf dhk ehsputb td tgb Adufahk d` tgb Kbmnub d` Fmthdfs. Ugb kmttbr adfshebrbe tgb

    Hrmfhmf akmhls kbnhthlmtb, tgb tbrls wbrb rbadfshebrbe mfe MZDA numrmftbbe tgb

    Hrmfhmf ndvbrflbft m lhfhlmk mffumk pmylbft.10Lmfy dtgbr adftrdvbrshbs cbtwbbf

    MZDA (rbfmlbe td MHDA, Mfnkd-Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy hf =812) mfe tgb Hrmfs

    ndvbrflbft wbrb rbsdkvbe m`tbr strdfn ehsputbs.

    M`tbr tgb Qbadfe ^drke ^mr mfe tgb whtgermwmk d` mkkhbe trddps MHDA

    adfthfube mathvb dpbrmthdfs hf Hrmf. Gdwbvbr, tgb Hrmfhmf blpkdybbs d` tgb adlpmfy

    wbrb fdt smths`hbe whtg tgb wmnbs mfe wdrohfn adfehthdfs, mfe tgbhr rbsbftlbft

    rbsuktbe hf fulbrdus ebldfstrmthdfs. Ugb adlpmfy pmrthmkky maadlldemtbe tgb

    rbqubsts cut tbfshdfs rblmhfbe cbtwbbf tgb adlpmfy mfe tgb ndvbrflbft. Ugb kmttbr

    wmftbe td rbfbndthmtb tgb tbrls d` tgb dhk `hbkes adfabsshdfs. Ugb qubsthdf wms rmhsbe

    cy tgbFmthdfmk @rdftpdkhthamk pmrty, kbe cy Ldgmllme Ld"meebq. Hf Lmrag =82=,

    tgb Hrmfhmf Zmrkhmlbft ufmfhldusky medptbe m chkk d` fmthdfmkhzmthdf d` tgb dhk

    hfeustry. Ld"meebq wms mppdhftbe Zrhlb Lhfhstbr d` tgb fbw Hrmfhmf ndvbrflbft.

    Fdt kdfn m`tbr tgmt, hf Iufb =82=, tgb Fmthdfmk Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy wms arbmtbe.

    MHDA wms fd kdfnbr tgb shfnkb matdr hf tgb aduftrys dhk hfeustry. Hrmf mttblptbe td

    prdeuab mfe sbkk hts dhk hfebpbfebftky, bvbf tgdung Crhtmhf mfe tgb RQM rbshstbe tgb

    Hrmfhmf dhk bftry df tgb lmrobt cy ckdaomeb lbmsurbs. Ht turfbe dut tgmt fdt dfky

    badfdlha lbmsurbs wbrb blpkdybe. Hf Munust =821, Ldsmeebqs ndvbrflbft wms

    dvbrtgrdwf cy m adup etmt mfe hts Zrhlb Lhfhstbr wms hlprhsdfbe. Hf =825 m

    adfsdrthul wms `drlbe whtg strdfn hfvdkvblbft d` Mlbrhamf dhk adlpmfhbs, cut mksd

    hfakuehfn MHDA, fdw amkkbe CZ -Crhthsg Zbtrdkbul, mfe tgb Adlpmnfhb @rmfmhsb

    ebs Ztrdkbs, rbfmlbe kmtbr td Udtmk. Mktgdung tgb adfsdrthul maofdwkbenbe tgmt tgb

    12CCA Fbws, "@rdl Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Dhk td CZ Mldad"Munust ==, =887gttp9//fbws.cca.ad.uo/3/gh/cushfbss/=58328.stl

    10Bfayakdpmbehm Hrmfham, gttp9//www.hrmfhamdfkhfb.drn/mrthakbs/mfnkd-pbrshmf-dhk-adlpmfy

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    Fmthdfmk Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy dwfbe tgb dhk `hbkes mfe hfeustrhmk `mahkhthbs, ht wms tgb

    adfsdrthul tgmt adfeuatbe mkk tgb matumk dpbrmthdfs.

    Lmfy adllbftmtdrs wbrb spbaukmthfn tgmt tgb adup etmt d` =821 wms

    matumkky dragbstrmtbe cy Mlbrhamf sbarbt sbrvhabs. Ugb tgbdry wms hfehrbatky iusth`hbe

    cy tgb `mat tgmt RQ dhk adlpmfhbs prd`htbe ldst `rdl tghs bvbft. Ughs dphfhdf wms

    ufbxpbatbeky adf`hrlbe cy ebakmssh`hbe AHM edaulbfts puckhsgbe rbabftky cy tgb

    R.Q.M. fmthdfmk sbaurhty mraghvb mt Nbdrnb ^msghfntdf Rfhvbrshty. Ugb edaulbfts

    prdvheb ebtmhks df gdw RQ whtg tgb gbkp d` Crhtmhf pbr`drlbe tghs dpbrmthdf

    adebfmlbe UZMIMW cy tgb AHM mfe Dpbrmthdf Cddt cy Crhtmhfs LH01>.

    Shngt m`tbr tgb wmr mfe tgb ehsmppbmrmfab d` tgb Adlldf bfbly Nbrlmfy,

    Crhtmhf mfe Susshm nbt cmao td tgbhr dke nruenbs. Ugb Hrmfhmf arhshs d` =850 mfe

    sucsbqubft bvbfts amf cb adfshebrbe ms tgb `hrst shnfh`hamft bphsdeb hf tgb Adke ^mr

    cbtwbbf tgb RQQS mfe gbr ^bstbrf aduftbrpmrts. Qhfab tgb arhshs tddo pkmab hf tgb

    Lheekb Bmst, wb gbrb ermw m pmrmkkbk whtg tgb Nrbmt Nmlb d` tgb pmst. Ughs arhshs wms

    tgb `hrst d` m sbrhbs d` adf`khats hf tgb rbnhdf. Ugb mathdfs nrmeumkky ldvbe `rdl

    cmttkb`hbkes td dhk adlpmfhbs mfe sbarbt sbrvhabs cbamlb mf hlpdrtmft `matdr hf

    nbdpdkhthamk ehsputbs.

    Bvbf h` d``hahmkky tgb bfe d` tgb blphrb hs emtbe =88>, hf prmathab tgb Crhthsg

    Blphrb gme dfky m `bw ldrb ybmrs td khvb. Hf =85>, Hfehm cbadlbs hfebpbfebft.

    Adkdfhmk thlbs mrb dvbr. Cut tgb dke rhvmkry edbsft ehsmppbmr. M fbw, pdwbr`uk pkmybr

    bftbrs tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, mfe whkk hf thlb eb `matd rbpkmab Crhtmhf df tgb `rdft stmnb9

    tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs d` Mlbrham.

    Ugb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs stmfes mt tghs thlb mt tgb phffmakb d` wdrke pdwbr.

    ^hfstdf Aguraghkk, =850

    1> Q. O. Ebgngmf, S. Fdrtdf-Umykdr, AHM melhts td rdkb hf =821 Hrmfhmf adup, UgbGhfeu, 3=.:7.3:=1

    gttp9//www.tgbghfeu.adl/fbws/hftbrfmthdfmk/wdrke/ahm-melhts-td-rdkb-hf-=821-hrmfhmf-adup/mrthakb2:53272.bab

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    Zmrt HHH9Kddohfn `dr tgbNrbmt Nmlbhf tgb Adke wmr

    !erdp d` dhk hs wdrtg m erdp d` ckdde

    - Nbdrnbs Akblbfabmu

    @rdl mkkhbs td bfblhbs

    Ugb Adke wmr ehvhebs tgb wdrke

    Ugb hebdkdnhamk nmp mfe tgb sucsbqubft tdtmk kmao d` ufebrstmfehfn cbtwbbf

    Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe Qdvhbt Susshm mfe tgbhr pbdpkb hs dfky tgb vhshckb pmrt d` tgb shkbft

    adf`khat tgmt dppdsbs tgbl hf Burdpb mfe hf tgb rbst d` tgb wdrke. Ugb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs

    blbrnbs ms tgb fbw supbrpdwbr m`tbr ^drke ^mr HH, tgmfos td lhfhlmk kdssbs mfe tgb

    trblbfedus wbmktg maquhrbe wghkb trmehfn mfe suppdrthfn tgb cbkkhnbrbft aduftrhbs. Ht

    wms tgbf dfky fmturmk `dr tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs td cbadlb tgb ldst hf`kubft pdwbr hf tgb

    wdrke mfe surrdufe htsbk` whtg m spgbrb d` hf`kubfab9 tgb FMUDckdao hf =858. Ugb

    RQQS rbtmkhmtbs cy tgb ^mrsmw pmat hf =822, wghag rbsukts hf tgb arbmthdf d` m

    adllufhst ckdao mfe m sdkhe cu``br zdfb mrdufe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Burdpb hs tdrf

    mpmrt cy tgb Hrdf aurtmhf, gdwbvbr, ht hs fdt tgb dfky rbnhdf ehsputbe cy tgb twd

    supbrpdwbrs. Ugb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm mrb sthkk oby tbrrhtdrhbs cbamusb d`

    tgbhr fmturmk rbsdurabs, tgb hlpdrtmfab d` wghag obbps nrdwhfn. Dhk mfe nms gmvb

    cbadlb tgb lmhf ldthvbs `dr mkldst bvbry akmsg cbtwbbf tgb stmtbs. Gdwbvbr, mkldst

    bvbry thlb dutrhngt lhkhtmry mathdfs wbrb mvdhebe cbtwbbf tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf mfe hts

    dppdfbfts. Ugb prdtmndfhsts bssbfthmkky rblmhfbe cbghfe tgb aurtmhfs mfe pukkbe tgb

    strhfns, khob tgby ehe hf adf`khats suag ms tgb Mrmc-Hsrmbkh wmr.

    @rdl Qtbtthf hf tgb Cmktha td Urhbstb hf tgb Merhmtha, mf hrdf aurtmhf gms

    ebsabfebe mardss tgb Adfthfbft.

    ^hfstdf Aguraghkk

    Qtrunnkbs dvbr tgb Qubz Amfmk

    Ugb adfstruathdf d` tgb Amfmk stmrtbe ms m @rmfad-Bnypthmf prdibat. Bfnkmfe

    wms dppdsbe td hts arbmthdf cbamusb tgb Amfmk dpbfbe m quhao mfe bmsy rdutb td tgb

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    Hfehmf Dabmf mfe dpbfbe mf bmsy maabss td gbr adkdfhbs. Ms m lbmfs d` ehpkdlmtha

    prbssurb, tgb Crhthsg maausbe tgb adfstruatdrs d` bxpkdhthfn wdrobrs, ushfn `drabe mfe

    skmvb kmcdur mfe mttblptbe td stmrt luthfhbs mldfn tgb wdrobrs17. Ehsrbnmrehfn

    vmrhdus ebkmys mfe gmkts hf tgb bxamvmthdf, tgb Qubz Amfmk wms `hfmkky `hfhsgbe hf

    =708. Hf tgb =7>:s, ufebr tgb Cbfimlhf Ehsrmbkh ndvbrflbft, Crhtmhf rbebblbe tgb

    Bnypthmf sgmrb (55%) hf tgb Qubz Amfmk Adlpmfy. Fdw tgmt Crhtmhf eheft ebpbfe df

    tgb @rbfag mfe Bnypthmf nddewhkk td usb tgb Amfmk `dr gbr sghpphfn, hts bxhstbfab

    eheft cdtgbr gbr mfyldrb, quhtb tgb dppdshtb hf `mat. Ht d``brbe Crhtmhf bmsy maabss td

    tgb Sbe Qbm mfe Hfehm Dabmf, hts strmtbnha hlpdrtmfab strbfntgbfbe tgb Sdymk Fmvy

    bvbf ldrb, nhvhfn ht mfdtgbr mevmftmnb df tgb adlpbthtdrs `kbbts, mfe prmathamkky

    adftrdk dvbr tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf. Hf =777, tgb Amfmk wms ebakmrbe fbutrmk cy tgb

    Adfvbfthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkbmfe wms eb `matdpkmabe ufebr Crhthsg survbhkkmfab. Hf

    tgb 3:tg abftury whtg tgb ehsadvbry d` dhk, tgb Qubz Amfmk nmhfbe bvbf ldrb

    hlpdrtmfab ms ht lmeb tgb wmy td tgb Zbrshmf Nuk` bmshbr. Eurhfn ^drke ^mr H,

    Bfnkmfe ebakmrbe tgb Amfmk ufebr Crhthsg prdtbathdf (cb`drb tghs, tgb Amfmk eb iurb

    cbkdfnbe td tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb). M`tbr tgb wmr, hf =833, Crhtmhf rbadnfhzbe Bnypts

    hfebpbfebfab cut obpt strdfn hf`kubfab dvbr tgb aduftry mfe tgb Amfmk. Hf =810 tgb

    Mfnkd-Bnypthmf trbmtyrbquhrbe Crhtmhf td kbt Bnypt cb nbfuhfbky hfebpbfebft mfe td

    whtgermw mkk trddps, bxabpt tgdsb fbabssmry td eb`bfe tgb Qubz Amfmk. Ugb trddps

    wbrb td rblmhf `dr 3: ybmrs ufthk =820, tgbf tgb mnrbblbft wms td cb rbfbndthmtbe mfe

    rbfbwbe. Gdwbvbr, hf =823 Bnypt ndbs tgrdung tgb Iuky Sbvdkuthdf. Ugb Bnypthmf

    ldfmragy hs ebpdsbe mfe Nmlmk Mcebk Fmssbr adlbs td pdwbr ms Zrhlb Lhfhstbr mfe

    hf =820 ebahebs td fmthdfmkhsb tgb Qubz Amfmk, rbldvhfn ht `rdl ufebr Bfnkhsg

    hf`kubfab.

    Ughs ebahshdf wmobe Crhtmhfs mfahbft `bmrs, ms sgb wms ldrb tgmf ufwhkkhfn td

    kbt nd d` tgb prbahdus mrtbry. Adftrdk d` tgb Qubz numrmftbbe tgb quhao mfe agbmp

    sghpphfn d` dhk `dr @rbfag mfe Crhthsg fbbes, fdt td lbfthdf tgb prd`ht cdtg nmhfbe

    `rdl tgbhr sgmrbs hf tgb Qubz Amfmk Adlpmfy. Cy =822, gmk` d` tgb amfmks trm``ha

    maaduftbe `dr pbtrdkbul trmfspdrtmthdf fbbes. Uwd tghres d` tgb dhk ebsthfbe td

    Burdpbmf adfsulpthdf wbrb pmsshfn tgrdung tgb Qubz.18

    17Mrfdke. U. ^hksdf, Ugb Qubz Amfmk, =81818Emfhbk Xbrnhf, Ugb Zrhzb9 Ugb Bpha ]ubst `dr Dhk, Ldfby, mfe Zdwbr, =88= (agmptbr 35)

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    Ebsphtb @rbfag mfe Crhthsg adfabrfs, Fmssbr ndbs df whtg ghs fmthdfmkhsmthdf

    pkmf. Ugb trm``ha d` dhk tmfobrs tgrdung tgb amfmk wms ibdpmrehzbe (mfe bvbftumkky

    hftbrruptbe wgbf mrlbe gdsthkhthbs cbnmf hf tgb rbnhdf). Ugbrb`drb, Crhtmhf, @rmfab

    mfe tgbhr fbw mkky hf tgb lmttbr Hsrmbk pkdttbe td hfvmeb Bnypt mfe rbnmhf adftrdk

    d` tgb amfmk eurhfn m sbarbt lbbthfn hf Qvrbshf Datdcbr =820. Ugby mnrbbe td kmufag

    mf Hsrmbkh lhkhtmry mathdf mnmhfst Bnypt. @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf wduke tgbf hfvmeb ufebr

    tgb prbtbxt d` sbpmrmthfn tgb cbkkhnbrbfts.5: @dkkdwhfn tghs sbarbt mnrbblbft, @rmfab

    mfe Crhtmhf usbe tgbhr vbtd pdwbr hf tgb RF Qbaurhty Adufahk td ckdao tgb RQ

    rbsdkuthdf df stdpphfn tgb Hsrmbkh mnnrbsshdf. Ugb twd mkkhbs tgbf lmeb tgbhr dwf

    akmhls, rbquhrhfn tgmt cdtg Hsrmbk mfe Bnypt tddo tgbhr mrlhbs mwmy `rdl tgb Amfmk `dr

    mt kbmst 1: ohkdlbtrbs. Bnypt rb`usbe td adlpky, @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf sbft hf tgbhr

    trddps.

    Ugbsb mathdfs mrdusbe sgmrp arhthahsl `rdl tgb hftbrfmthdfmk adllufhty,

    bspbahmkky tgb RQM mfe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Mlbrhamfs wbrb eblmfehfn tgmt mkk lhkhtmry

    mathdf cb stdppbe. ^msghfntdf tgrbmtbfbe Hsrmbk whtg smfathdfs h` tgby eheft stdp

    tgbhr lhkhtmry hfvdkvblbft5=. Ugb RQQS gme cbbf cmaohfn Fmssbrs Sbpuckhamf

    rbnhlb, cy suppkyhfn wbmpdfs mfe prdvhehfn `hfmfahmk mhe. Hf pmrthaukmr, m`tbr Crhtmhf

    mfe tgb RQ rb`usbe td gbkp Bnypt whtg tgb adfstruathdf d` tgb Mswmf Eml hf =822,

    Fmssbr turfbe td tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf td nbt gbkp. D` mkk stmtbs, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf gme tgb

    ldst dlhfdus cbgmvhdur9 Fhohtm Ogrusgagbvs tgrbmts wbft `rdl shlpkb wmrfhfns up

    td lbfmabs d` mtdlha cdlchfns df tgb cbkkhnbrbfts tbrrhtdrhbs.53Ugb RF `drlbe m

    pbmabobbphfn dpbrmthdf td supbrvhsb tgb whtgermwmk d` mkk trddps `rdl tgb Qubz Arhshs.

    Ugb arhshs ebldfstrmtbe tgb ^bstbrf stmtbs rbkhmfab df tgb Lheekb Bmst `dr dhk

    mfe `dr hts trmfspdrtmthdf mfe gdw `mr tgby mrb whkkhfn td nd td sbaurb tgbhr hftbrbsts. Ht

    mksd prdvbe tgmt tgb Nrbmt Nmlb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst wms sthkk ndhfn df, bvbf h` df tgb

    sur`mab cdtg tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs mfe tgb RQQS eblmfebe td abmsb mkk `hrb. H` tgb adf`khat

    gme bsamkmtbe, tgbrb hs prmathamkky fd educt tgmt ht wduke gmvb kbe td m `ukk samkb wmr

    cbtwbbf tgb Adke wmrs lmhf prdtmndfhsts, bspbahmkky cbamusb d` Ogrusgagbvs tgrbmts

    d` mtdlha cdlchfns. @dr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, tgb arhshs adftrhcutbe td tgb nrdwtg d` hts

    prbsthnb hf tgb aduftrhbs d` tgb Lheekb Bmst cbamusb tgb RQQS pdsbe ms tgbhr eb`bfebr

    5:Hmf Ckmao, Qbarbts mfe khbs mt tgb gbmrt d` Crhtmhfs Lheekb Bmstbrf `dkky, Ugb Numrehmf,

    Iuky ==, 3::0 gttp9//www.tgbnumrehmf.adl/uo/3::0/iuk/==/bnypt.pmst

    5=Hmf Ckmao, M pmhf`uk kbssdf hf ehpkdlmay, Ugb Numrehmf, Datdcbr 1=, 3::0gttp9//www.tgbnumrehmf.adl/wdrke/3::0/dat/1=/wdrkeehspmtag.bnypt

    53Idgf Kbwhs Nmeehs, Ugb Adke ^mr9 m fbw ghstdry, p. >:

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    mnmhfst tgb ^bstbrf amphtmkhsl. Cy cmaohfn tgb Mrmcs fmthdfmkhsl, Ogrusgagbv

    aduftbe df tgbl td sbb tgb RQQS ms tgbhr ldst trustwdrtgy `rhbfe. Ldrbdvbr, tgb

    arhshs struao tgb prbsthnb mfe wbmobfbe tgb Mlbrhamfs akdsbst mfe ldst pdwbr`uk

    Burdpbmf mkkhbs. Ht mksd maabkbrmtbe tgb `mkk d` tgb rblmhfhfn adkdfhmk melhfhstrmthdfs

    hf tgb wdrke, mfe cy tgb =80:s, tgby wbrb dfky m `bw kb`t. Cdtg tgb RQM mfe tgb

    RQQS wbrb strbfntgbfbe ms tgb wdrkes twd supbrpdwbrs. Crhtmhf gme td adf`rdft tgb

    pmhf`uk trutg d` gmvhfn kdst gbr blphrb.

    "Gb _Mftgdfy Bebf\ wms tgb kmst prhlb lhfhstbr td cbkhbvb Crhtmhf wms m nrbmt

    pdwbr mfe tgb `hrst td adf`rdft m arhshs wghag prdvbe sgb wms fdt."

    Ugb Uhlbs, Datdcbr =5, =887

    Ugb Qdvhbt ^mr hf M`ngmfhstmf

    Hf M`ngmfhstmf, m`tbr tgb Qmur rbvdkuthdf d` Mprhk =8>7 crdungt td pdwbr m

    prd-Qdvhbt ndvbrflbft kbe cy ZEZM Zbdpkbs Ebldarmtha Zmrty d` M`ngmfhstmf,

    rb`drls cmsbe df m sdahmkhst ldebk mrb ufebrwmy. M`ngmf rbkhnhdus kbmebrs mfe

    kmfekdres ed fdt wbkadlb tgbsb agmfnbs mfe vbry sddf tgb aduftry nbts hftd m

    nubrrhkkm wmr cbtwbbf tgb dppdshthdf mfe tgb ndvbrflbft. Ugb kmttbr msos tgb RQQS

    `dr gbkp mfe m ehrbat lhkhtmry hftbrvbfthdf. Qdvhbt kbmebrs ebakhfbe tgb eblmfe sbvbrmk

    thlbs, cut ehe cddst hfehrbat suppdrt td M`ngmfhstmfs kbnhthlmtb ndvbrflbft cy

    hfarbmshfn suppkhbs d` wbmpdfs mfe `dde prdeuats. Ugbrb`drb, tgb RQQS wms tryhfn td

    mvdhe wmr, ms hkkustrmtbe cy tgb `dkkdwhfn qudtb d` Mkbxbh Odsynhf, Agmhrlmf d` tgb

    Qdvhbt Adufahk d` Lhfhstbrs9

    ^b cbkhbvb ht wduke cb m `mtmk lhstmob td adllht nrdufe trddps. _...\ H` dur

    trddps wbft hf, tgb shtumthdf hf ydur aduftry wduke fdt hlprdvb. Df tgb

    adftrmry, ht wduke nbt wdrsb. Dur trddps wduke gmvb td strunnkb fdt dfky whtg

    mf bxtbrfmk mnnrbssdr, cut mksd whtg m shnfh`hamft pmrt d` ydur dwf pbdpkb.

    Mfe tgb pbdpkb wduke fbvbr `drnhvb suag tghfns

    @dr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, tgb ldst dcvhdus mrnulbft hf `mvdur d` tgb hftbrvbfthdf

    wms td eb`bfe tgb sdahmkhst rb`drls d` tgb prd-adllufhst ndvbrflbft. ^gbf hf

    Qbptblcbr =8>8 m`tbr mf hftbrfmk strunnkb hfsheb ZEZM tgb fbw M`ngmf kbmebr

    Gm`hzukkmg Mlhfhf m `ht d` phqub turfs td tgb RQ `dr gbkp, tgb pmthbfab d` tgb Qdvhbt

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    Rfhdf kbmebrs hs mkldst bxgmustbe. Mf meehthdfmk ldthvb wms td bxpmfe tgb Qdvhbt

    hf`kubfab, adfthfub hts bxpmfshdf mfe `urtgbr sprbme tgb hebms d` adllufhsl51hf tgb

    wdrke mfe hf pmrthaukmr hf tgb strmtbnha mfe wbmktgy rbnhdf d` tgb Zbrshmf Nuk`. (Gbrb

    wb dfab mnmhf stulckb updf tgb usumk stmobs hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb9 tgb Lheekb Bmst mfe

    hts rbsdurabs.) Udemy tgb d``hahmk Susshmf dphfhdf bxpkmhfs tgmt tgb Mlbrhamfs

    cmaohfn d` tgb Luimgbebbf bvbf cb`drb tgb Qdvhbt hfvmshdf (ms ht wms kmtbr rbvbmkbe

    cy tgb AHM9 shx ldftgs cb`drb tgb hftbrvbfthdf)55wms tgb `hfmk strmw.

    Ms tgb Qdvhbt trddps wmnb wmr mnmhfst M`ngmf dppdshthdf td tgb rbnhlb, tgb

    Rfhtbe-Qtmtbs mrb tgbrb td cmao tgb rbcbks. Ugbrb`drb, tgb twd lmhf pkmybrs d` tgb

    Nrbmt Nmlb mrb df stmnb mnmhf mfe `hngt td tgb chttbr bfe, wgmtbvbr tgb adst ht sbbls.

    Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur9 Mfe mksd, edf't ydu rbnrbt gmvhfn gbkpbe `uturb

    tbrrdrhsts, gmvhfn nhvbf tgbl wbmpdfs mfe mevhab4

    Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh9 ^gmt hs ldst hlpdrtmft `dr wdrke ghstdry4 Ugb Umkhcmf

    dr tgb `mkk d` tgb Qdvhbt Blphrb4 Qdlb Hskmlha gdtgbmes dr tgb khcbrmthdf d`

    Abftrmk Burdpb mfe tgb bfe d` tgb adke wmr4

    Hftbrvhbw d` Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh, Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur, =887

    Ugb Qdvhbt hftbrvbfthdf hf M`ngmfhstmf turfbe dut td cb m adlpkbtb ehsmstbr `dr

    tgb RQQS mfe hf m wmy maabkbrmtbe hts ebnbfbrmthdf mfe bvbftumk adkkmpsb.

    M nhmft whtg `bbt d` akmy

    Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb amf dfky tmob pkmab cbtwbbf twd bqumk pdwbrs. Ms sddf ms

    dfb kddsbs nrdufe, tgb Nmlb abmsbs td cb. Hf tgb lheekb d` tgb =8>:s tgb RQQS hs mt

    tgb phffmakb d` hts pdwbr mfe hf`kubfab. Fdcdey wduke gmvb eductbe hts bqumkhty

    whtg tgb RQM. Gdwbvbr, tgb Qdvhbt systbl su``brs `rdl badfdlha mfe struaturmk

    wbmofbssbs tgmt eheft lmob ht vhmckb df tgb kdfn tbrl. Ugb `mkk d` dhk prhabs hf tgb

    bfe d` tgb =87:s wms tgb kmst trhnnbr hf tgb Qdvhbt blphrbs eblhsb.

    51Adkhf Nrmy, ^mr, Zbmab mfe Hftbrfmthdfmk Sbkmthdfs - Mf Hftrdeuathdf td Qtrmtbnha Ghstdry ,

    3::>, p.371.

    55Sdcbrt Nmtbs,@rdl tgb Qgmedws9 Ugb Rkthlmtb Hfshebr's Qtdry d` @hvb Zrbshebfts mfe GdwUgby ^df tgb Adke ^mr, 3::>

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    Mf badfdlha `mhkurb

    Ugb bxtrmdrehfmry prd`ht tgb RQQS nmhfbe `rdl hts rbsdurabs wms wmstbe.

    Ldst d` tgb hfvbstlbfts hf mnrhaukturb mfe tgb lhkhtmry-hfeustrhmk adlpkbx wbrb

    hfb``hahbft. Ugb mrls rmab whtg tgb RQM wms tgb lmhf bxpbfehturb d` tgb Qdvhbtbadfdly. Ldst d` tgb hfvbstlbfts hf sahbfab adfabrfbe lhkhtmry sahbfab mfe gmk` d`

    tgb Qdvhbt rbsbmrag mfe ebvbkdplbft gme dfky m lhkhtmry ndmk. Ugb RQQS ermsthamkky

    hfarbmsbe hts eb`bfab spbfehfn hf drebr td rbmag tgb lhkhtmry lhngt d` tgb FMUD

    ckdao. @urtgbrldrb, hf tgb =80:s Qdvhbt `rhbfesghp whtg Aghfm ebtbrhdrmtbs quhaoky,

    wghag kbmes td mf mrlbe adf`khat (tgb Qhfd-Qdvhbt cdrebr adf`khat dvbr tgb Ygbfcmd

    Hskmfe hf tgb @mr Bmst). Ugbfab tgb Qdvhbt kbmebrsghp stmrts adfshebrhfn tgb pdsshchkhty

    d` m `ukk-samkb wmr whtg Aghfm. Ms m adrdkkmry d` tgbsb rb`kbathdfs9 hfarbmsbe lhkhtmry

    spbfehfn, mnmhf. Susshms gypbrtrdpghbe lhkhtmry hfeustry edbs fdt mkkdw dtgbrs

    sbatdrs d` tgb badfdly td ebvbkdp.

    Mfdtgbr adlpkbtbky ufprd`htmckb (hf tbrls d` badfdlhas) bftbrprhsb wms tgb

    mhe mfe `hfmfahmk suppdrt tgb RQQS prdvhebe td `drbhnf sdahmkhst mfe prd-adllufhst

    aduftrhbs. Ugb Qdvhbt Rfhdf `hfmfabe mfe suppdrtbe suag prdibats ms tgb Mswmf eml

    hf Bnypt. Qdvhbt ebshnfs, bquhplbft mfe kmcdur wbrb sbft dut td gbkp hfeustrhmkhzb mfe

    ldebrfhzb tgb Zdpukmr Sbpuckha d` Aghfm rhngt m`tbr hts arbmthdf, mfe sd df. Mkk d` tghs

    wms lmeb td sprbme tgb RQQSs hf`kubfab mfe hebdkdny, cut hf tbrls d` badfdlha

    prd`ht, ht wms m cdttdlkbss pht.

    Hfgbrbft struaturmk wbmofbssbs

    Ugb Brm d` stmnfmthdf ehe fdt m``bat tgb badfdly mkdfb, ht mksd kbe sdahmk

    ldchkhty, rdtmthdf mfe nrdwtg (wghag wbrb sthlukmtbe cy tgb Sbvdkuthdf mfe eurhfn

    tgb Qtmkhf brm) whtghf tgb Qdvhbt mppmrmtus td m `ukk stdp. Ugb Zdst-Qtmkhf bkhtb dfky

    wdrrhbe mcdut sbaurhfn hts pdshthdfs ms akdsbr td pdwbr ms pdsshckb. Mt `hrst tgby

    maghbvbe `ukk pbrsdfmk (tgmt hs td smy pgyshamk) sbaurhty, tgbf mcsdkutb hllufhty mfe

    cy tgmt tdtmk hrrbspdfshchkhty, wghag lmeb ebmtg cy fmturmk amusbs tgb dfky rbmsdfmckb

    ldthvb `dr rbthrblbft. Qucsbqubftky, tgb Crbzgfbv Qtmnfmthdf brm crdungt td pdwbr m

    cufag d` kbmebrs d` strhohfn hfadlpbtbfab52

    . Zdst-Qtmkhf Qdvhbt kbmebrs mfe tgbhr

    adufahkkdrs lmeb m sbrhbs d` lmfmnblbft mfe struaturmk lhstmobs, `dr bxmlpkb, cy fdt

    adfeuathfn rb`drls tgmt aduke gmvb strbfntgbfbe tgb RQQS mfe hts systbl. Ht wms tgb

    52Xbndr Nmhemr, Adkkmpsb d` mf Blphrb9 Kbssdfs `dr Ldebrf Susshm, 3::>

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    amsb hf =802 whtg tgb amfabkkmthdf d` tgb Odsynhf rb`drls, wghag wbrb lbmft td

    hfarbmsb tgb badfdlha hfebpbfebfab d` bftrbprbfburs mfe tgbrb`drb sthlukmtb nrdwtg.

    Qhfab tgb kmtb =8>:s tgb Qdvhbt nrdss fmthdfmk prdeuat nrdws dfky 3 % pbr

    ybmr, wgbrbms tgb stmtb cuenbt eb`haht nrbw td =1 % d` NEZ cy =878.50 Hfstbme d`

    aurhfn tgb ehsbmsb cy adfeuathfn tgb fbbebe rb`drls, tgb kmst Qdvhbt kbmebrs strunnkb

    td trbmt tgb sylptdls (tgb wgbmt mfe `dde prdeuats eb`haht, hfeustrhmk mfe mnrhaukturmk

    hfb``hahbfay). Hf tgb lheekb d` tgb =8>:s, tgb RQQS bftmfnkbs htsbk` hftd `drbhnf

    ebcts. Cy tgb kmtb =87:s, tgb Qdvhbt `drbhnf ebct rbprbsbfts mcdut $52 chkkhdf

    adlpmrbe td $33 chkkhdf hf =875.5>

    Ms h` tghs wms fdt bfdung, tgb Qdvhbt ndvbrflbft nbts cdnnbe edwf hf tgb

    lbssy wmr whtg M`ngmfhstmf. Ugb wmr bfrmnbs pdpukmr dphfhdf mfe wbmobfs bvbf

    ldrb tgb pbdpkbs trust hf tgb ndvbrflbft, mkrbmey ufebrlhfbe cy tgb stmnfmthdf mfe

    pbrshstbft suppky sgdrtmnb.

    @dr mkldst =: ybmrs, Ldsadw gme td amrry df m wmr ufcbmrmckb `dr tgb

    ndvbrflbft, m adf`khat wghag crdungt mcdut tgb ebldrmkhzmthdf mfe `hfmkky tgb

    `mkk d` tgb Qdvhbt blphrb.57

    Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh

    Ugb adkkmpsb

    Df Fdvblcbr =>, =8>1, ms m rbspdfsb td tgb RQMs suppdrt d` Hsrmbk hf tgb

    Mrmc-Hsrmbkh wmr, tgb Mrmc Zbtrdkbul Bxpdrthfn Aduftrhbs adfakuebe m pmat cbtwbbf

    tgbl. Ugby ermlmthamkky kdwbrbe tgbhr dhk bxtrmathdf mfe hts bxpdrtmthdfs, tgus

    prdvdohfn tgb `hrst dhk arhshs. Qmueh Mrmchm, tgb wdrkes nrbmtbst dhk bxpdrtbr, rbeuabe

    hts dhk bxtrmathdf cy =:% mfe hlpdsbe mf blcmrnd df hts bxpdrtmthdfs td tgb RQM. Mldftg kmtbr, tgb Mrmc aduftrhbs ebakmrbe tgby wduke rbeuab tgb bxtrmathdf d` dhk cy

    7:% h` tgb RQM edbs fdt abmsb td suppdrt Hsrmbk. H` tgb RQM wbrb td usb lhkhtmry

    `drab, tgb dhk ebpdshts wduke cb ebstruatbe. Ugb dhk arhsbs d` =8>1 mfe =8>8

    mppmrbftky prd`htbe td dfb aduftry9 tgb RQQS tgrhvbe df tgbsb ghstdrhamkky ghng dhk

    50"Ndrcmagbv's Badfdlha Zrdnrmls9 Ugb Agmkkbfnbs Mgbme", AHM, Eba. =877.

    5>"RQQS9 Adphfn whtg tgb Ebakhfb hf Gmre Aurrbfay Sbvbfubs", AHM, Mprhk =877.

    57Hftbrvhbw whtg Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh, Zrbshebft Ihlly Amrtbr's Fmthdfmk Qbaurhty Mevhsbr,Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur, =887

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    prhabs. Bmsy adlb, bmsy nd9 tgb dhk bupgdrhm wms fdt td kmst mfe quhaoky turfbe dut td

    cb RQQSs