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The Karelian population of the Soviet Union reached a peak of 250 000 in the 1930s. The main areas of settlement of the nationality were the Karelian ASSR and the Upper Volga region (especially the Tver' province or oblast' ). Moreover, at that time the Karelians of the Upper Volga ...
The Soviet Union had a relatively low population density, with an average of 12.7 people per km2. For comparison, the USA has around 38 people per km2today, while city-states such as Singapore have around 8,000 per km2. However, this was very unevenly distributed across the country. About ...
A 1922 treaty between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasia (modern Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The newly established Communist Party, led by Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, took control of the government. At its peak, the USS...
Nationality: France, Russia, Soviet Union Maxim Gorky The Mother, Orloff and His Wife, The life of a useless man Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мовичПешко́в or Пе́шков; 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1868 – 18 June 1936...
‘dig tunnels deep’ throughout China, and if the pace of shelter building fell off after a few years, a concern for protecting the population of China’s cities from a Soviet air attack remained in evidence.1Yet it is worth recalling that for nearly ten years following the opening rounds...
The republic’s population is growing at a rapid rate (see Table 2). Between 1913 and 1975 the population more than tripled, chiefly through natural increase. Tadzhikistan has the highest rate of natural increase of any Union republic—29.5 persons per thousand in 1974 compared to the national...
“There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm”. With these words, Stalin expressed the dynamic self-confidence of the Soviet Union’s Five Year Plan: weak and backward Russia was to turn overnight into a powerful modern industrial country. Between 1928 and 1932, production of coal,...
Mozheiko himself never joined either the Writers’ Union or the Communist Party, flatly refusing the most persistent invitations. The explanation “I consider myself unworthy” did the trick, but just barely. When it didn’t work, Mozheiko changed jobs. This, by the way, enabled him to keep...
In terms of population, Kirghizia is the 11th largest Union republic, and it is the largest Union republic in Middle Asia after the Uzbek SSR. It is characterized by a high rate of natural and total population growth. (See Table 2.) Between 1913 and 1971, Kirghizia’s population increased...