After the war, reconstruction took place in the German Democratic Republic.

In June 1991 an election took place in the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union.

The last Candiani (11th century) may have tried to take power in the Republic and keep it hereditarily in their family.

The company's operations took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in South America.

The mutiny which took place in 1996 in the Central African Republic caused considerable hardship and personal danger to a number of people working there.

I also believe it is important that Kosovo leaders speak out clearly against the violence that is taking place in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.

It needs coordination between donors, for example as took place after the coup in the Central African Republic in 2003.

The elections which took place on 6 April 2009 in the Republic of Moldova were followed by demonstrations.

There are no words to describe the violent atrocities that continue to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The next substantial expansion took place in the 1930s in the reborn Polish Republic.