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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.
- Brest-Litovsk
Soviet Union - Brest-Litovsk, Treaty, WWI: One of Lenin’s...
- Economic Policy
Soviet Union - Command Economy, Five-Year Plans,...
- Lenin and The Bolsheviks
After the abortive Bolshevik July rising the chairmanship of...
- The Brezhnev Era
Soviet Union - The Brezhnev era: The new collective...
- Industrialization, 1929–34
Soviet Union - Industrialization, 1929–34: On the industrial...
- The Communist International
The Communist International. in Soviet Union in The Russian...
- Kaliningrad
History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the...
- Baffin Island
Baffin Island, island lying between Greenland and the...
- Brest-Litovsk
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 Security Council.
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).
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 ...
3 days ago · The Communist International. in Soviet Union in The Russian Revolution. 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.
3 days ago · Geography & Travel Countries of the World. Post-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. Andrew B. Wachtel.
Jun 18, 2024 · The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist control and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives.
