Anti-Semitism, the ideology that Jews are a race to be despised and that to discriminate against them is justified, is against the law in the Soviet Union and, as far as I can ascertain, totally absent from all official Party and government written matter. Anti-Zionism, the notion that Je...
Learn about the Soviet Union and Russia's role in World War 2. Discover the alliances and treaties that influenced the Soviet Union's involvement...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the Soviet Union or USSR, is a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia and was founded in 1922. A flagship communist state, it is nominally a federal union of fifteen national repub
In 1950 the Soviet Union protested against the fact that the Chinese seat at the UN Security Council was held by the (Nationalist controlled) Republic of China, and boycotted the meetings. The Soviets came to regret this decision when the Korean War broke out. The UN passed a resolution con...
The bloc has since imposed personal sanctions against members of the Georgian government. Protesters could be seen using green lasers aimed at police officers’ eyes, throwing trash at and kicking members of law enforcement. Riot police retaliated by forming ranks and setting up a shield wall. Er...
The history of the military rank of Admiral of the Fleet and Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet How and when the ships were called Glorious Pleiad of Russian admirals N.A. Kalanov "Names of the Russian Submarines" We were Secretly Attacking the United States of "America": Soviet Submariners...
Once the Bolsheviks seized control of the state, the young Stalin became an influential member of the newly installed Bolshevik government. As the political situation shifted, he climbed the ranks to become secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1922. The Union of ...
But after Stalin passed away, the renegade clique of Khrushchev and Brezhnev launched a counterrevolutionary coup, seized Party and government power, restored capitalism in a big way, and transformed the Soviet Union into a social imperialist country....
Within the Soviet Union and the Soviet military a variety of problems adversely impact on the returning troops. A lack of adequate housing, catastrophic economic conditions, unfavorable attitudes about militaryservice, and political struggles within the government are all studied in order to place the...
When the German Reich declared war on the Soviet Union the Lithuanians staged a June Revolt and managed to liberate most of the country. However, the German armies came in and while Germany did not immediately abolish the provisional government (possibly hoping for similar anti-Soviet revolts el...