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3 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 Brezhnev Era
Soviet Union - The Brezhnev era: The new collective...
- 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,...
- Industrialization, 1929–34
Soviet Union - Industrialization, 1929–34: On the industrial...
- The Russian Revolution
Also known as: Russia, Sojuz Sovetskich Socialisticeskich...
- The Brezhnev Era
2 days ago · On 24 December 1991, the Russian SFSR – now renamed the Russian Federation – with the concurrence of the other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States, informed the United Nations that it would inherit the Soviet Union's membership in the UN – including the Soviet Union's permanent seat on the United Nations ...
- 19-22 August 1991 (4 days)
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
3 days ago · Also known as: Russia, Sojuz Sovetskich Socialisticeskich Respublik, Sovetsky Soyuz, Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, U.S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Written by. Richard E. Pipes. Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University. Author of The Russian Revolution and others. Richard E. Pipes,
1 day ago · Following the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR established the Soviet Union with three other Soviet republics, within which it was the largest and principal constituent. At the expense of millions of lives , the Soviet Union underwent rapid industrialisation in the 1930s and later played a decisive role for the Allies in World War II by leading large-scale efforts on the Eastern Front .
2 days 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).
4 days ago · This is a collection of primary source documents covering the collapse of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s. The collection contains documents from archives in most of the former Soviet bloc countries. Interkit, 1966-1987.
2 days ago · Geography & Travel Countries of the World. Soviet Russia. in Russia in History. Also known as: Rossija, Rossiya, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Russian Federation, Russian S.F.S.R., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Written by. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky. Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History, University of California, Berkeley.
