Union - History and Politics

History and Politics

  • Act of Union (1800), the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Acts of Union 1707, the formation of Great Britain
  • Dynastic union
  • European Union
  • Personal union
  • Political union
  • Soviet Union
  • The Union, a term sometimes used to refer to the United States
  • The Brazilian federal government (Portuguese: União)
  • Union councils of Pakistan
  • Union of India
  • Union of South Africa, the predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa
  • Union State, the entity combining the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

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