With the advent of duralumin production in the Soviet Union, and the experimentation with various construction methods, Tupolev began work on the aircraft known as the ANT-2 in 1922. After a period of testing and evaluation, five aircraft of this type were constructed. Tupolev ANT-2 was the ...
It "became the heart of the southernmost concentration of Soviet soldier" in the 300-year history of Russian expansion in central Asia.[280] Brzezinski, known for his hardline policies on the Soviet Union, became convinced by mid-1979 that the Soviets were going to invade Afghanistan ...
The expansion of commodity production in agriculture and the growth of manufacture paved the way for the rise of capitalist relations. The introduction of a poll tax caused peasant disturbances in 1783–84. From 1797 the Estonian population was obliged to provide recruits for the Russian Army. ...
22pp. This paper explores the economic contribution of Eastern Europe to the Soviet military effort and the Soviet defense industry. Three areas are examined: the value of East European forces in terms of the ruble cost of equivalent Soviettroops; economies of scale in Soviet arms production ...
At times, it is cast in terms of a crafty politician seeking crucial domestic and international support during a time of crisis and then using the church as an instrument of Soviet expansion, aided by "collaborationist" clergy seeking to work with a "dictator" in the name of Russian ...
eastern Europe that had been liberated by theRed Army. The Americans and the British feared the permanent Soviet domination of eastern Europe and the threat of Soviet-influenced communist parties coming to power in thedemocraciesof western Europe. The Soviets, on the other hand, were determined ...
(1947–49, reprinted 1966–68); Adam B. Ulam, Expansion and Coexistence: Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917–73, 2nd ed. (1974); and George F. Kennan, Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin (1961). On the German-Soviet Nonagression Pact, see Gustav Hilger and Alfred G. Meyer, The ...
At the same timeFranceand Britain had belatedly seen that the only effective policy against German expansion was as strong an alliance as possible, and they too now sought Soviet support. There was justifiable mistrust on both sides, and the Western powers handled the negotiations reluctantly and ...