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5 days ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.
- The Brezhnev Era
Soviet Union - The Brezhnev era: The new collective...
- The Communist International
Soviet Union - Communism, Revolution, USSR: Lenin and his...
- Lenin's Disillusionment
Soviet Union - Lenin's Disillusionment: Lenin’s health began...
- The Attempted Coup
Soviet Union - Coup, Gorbachev, 1991: Rumours of a coup...
- Economic Policy
Soviet Union - Command Economy, Five-Year Plans,...
- Lenin and The Bolsheviks
After the abortive Bolshevik July rising the chairmanship of...
- Industrialization, 1929–34
Soviet Union - Industrialization, 1929–34: On the industrial...
- Brest-Litovsk
Soviet Union - Brest-Litovsk, Treaty, WWI: One of Lenin’s...
- The Brezhnev Era
1 day ago · Soviet Union - Revolution, Communism, USSR: Sometime in the middle of the 19th century, Russia entered a phase of internal crisis that in 1917 would culminate in revolution. Its causes were not so much economic or social as political and cultural.
5 days ago · Soviet Union - Cold War, Communism, Collapse: Stalin died a slow, angry, and painful death on March 5, 1953. He had suffered a stroke after retiring on the night of March 1–2, but this was not perceived until the morning because of his concern for personal security.
1 day ago · The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 by a treaty between the Soviet republics of Byelorussia, Russian SFSR (RSFSR), Transcaucasian Federation, and Ukraine, by which they became its constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union).
1 day ago · The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as global superpowers and entered a period of tension known as the Cold War. Stalin presided over the country's post-war reconstruction and its first test of an atomic bomb in 1949.
2 days ago · He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party.
Jul 15, 2024 · This collection documents U.S. intelligence analysis of Soviet foreign policy, military capabilities, the economy, Soviet science and technology, and the internal situation within the Soviet leadership.
