The article presents a discussion of Russia's ambitions to regain the great power status which it enjoyed as the center of the Soviet Union during the cold war. Russian leaders Vladimir Putin and Dimitry Medvedev are quoted discussing their country's intention of rivaling the U.S. in terms ...
The Cold War and the Space Race Space exploration served as another dramatic arena for Cold War competition. On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missilelaunched Sputnik(Russian for “traveling companion”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made obj...
The 45-year standoff between the West and the U.S.S.R. ended when the Soviet Union dissolved. Some say another could be starting as tensions with Russia rise.
Meanwhile SPECTRE’s plot hits its climactic phase as their rocket swallows a Russian capsule, pushing the Soviets and the US on the brink of war as the former accuse the later of a revenge attack. With the second snatching, Gilbert this time follows the mysterious craft through its descent ...
Russianleaders,meanwhile, haveblamedNATOexpansionandWesternsupportforGeorgiaforraisingthe specterofanewColdWar. 与此同时,俄罗斯领导人谴责北约东扩和西方对格鲁吉亚的支持增加了爆发新冷战的可能。 www.cuyoo.com 7. Prepare,concludemanyWesterncommentators,foranewcoldwaragainstVladimirPutin'sresurgentRussia. ...
I’m the first elected Russian president… but I suck. Boris Yeltsin I’m still kind of in charge of Russia right now! Vladimir Putin I was elected May 7th, 2008. I am a very controversial leader, as most foreign powers consider me a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Am I a good leader?
The Russian Revolution and the Birth of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin The Great Purge The Cold War Khrushchev And De‑Stalinization Sputnik and the Soviet Space Program Mikhail Gorbachev Collapse of the Soviet Union Sources: After overthrowing the centuries-old Romanov monarchy, Russia...
Although it is more than 10 years since the Cold War ended, with both US and Russian leaders saying they are no longer enemies, why are US Navy submarines continuing to play a game of cat-and-mouse off the Russian coast? This is the question that many Russian and US defence specialists...
Sergei was drafted into the Russian Army when the Nazis invaded the USSR in 1941. Three years later, he was wounded in action and returned home to resume operating farm machinery. Sergei passed on his experience to his young son, Mikhail. Mikhail Gorbachev was a quick learner and showed an...
many people understood thetrue story behindOppenheimerwould revolve around World War II as J. Robert Oppenheimer helped to create the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. However, it isalso a fascinating Cold War movie as well as the fear of Russian spies and Communism in America was a...