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2 days ago · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
1 day ago · The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military conflict by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war. On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. Subsequent military operations lasted for the following 20 days and ended on 6 October 1939 with the two-way ...
16 hours ago · He befriended two military figures, Kliment Voroshilov and Semyon Budyonny, who would form the nucleus of his military and political support base.
16 hours ago · In 1957, Soviet leader Kliment Voroshilov was welcomed with a grand display of neon lights. In December 1957, Premier Zhou Enlai attended a performance of the Shaoxing Opera “Havoc in Heaven” in the building and met the actors, including Liu Xiao Ling Tong, who later became a well-known actor for playing the Monkey King in the TV series ...
4 days ago · December 18 [December 6, Old Style], 1878, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire. Died: March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 74) Title / Office: prime minister (1941-1953), Soviet Union. Political Affiliation: Bolshevik. Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party. Notable Family Members:
2 days ago · Prior the the German invasion of the Soviet Union, better known as Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht wasn't aware of the T-34's existence, nor that of the powerful Kliment Voroshilov (KV) heavy ...
1 day ago · In February 1922, Nestor Lakoba was elected chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and from April 1930 he was chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Abkhaz ASSR. Under the leadership of Lakoba, a revival of the decayed and desolate republic began. “
