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 1922, Russian SFSRball Anschlussed a few countryballs ( Byelorussian SSRball, Transcaucasian SFSRball, Ukrainian SSRball, etc.) to form Soviet Unionball instead of the Tsarist regime. The Allies of World War I widely ostracized Soviet Unionball because they did not trust communist countryball...
During this reconstruction, architects from various regions of the Soviet Union collaborated with local experts, resulting in a unique form of architectural modernism that harmoniously integrated elements of Islamic architecture, indigenous creativity, and cutting-edge engineering achievements of that era. ...
the Tetris Company bought Elorg -- which after the fall of the Soviet Union had transformed from a state-owned company into a private one -- gaining total control of all Tetris rights worldwide. The company has even standard...
40pp. Western observers have noted the Soviet Union's use of countertradeover the past several years. This type of international trade involves a seller's agreement to make some form of reciprocal purchase from or investmentin the buyer's country beforethe buyer agreesto makethe initial ...
Soviet Union (1942) Amphibious Light Tank/Armored Personnel Carrier – None Built The idea of amphibious armored vehicles appeared concurrently with the creation of the first tanks. With the first prototypes appearing at the end of WWI (the British Medium Mark D, for example), such vehicles gain...
“And that’s life in the Soviet Union!” my father exclaimed, with what sounded like bitter satisfaction. Was he somehow blaming his sisters for not having been able to get out when he did? “But it’s great Yulia was able to become a doctor,” I said. ...
The utilization of transnational themes in the categorization of these articles offers insight into the ideological practices of the Soviet Union. Though the findings of this paper are based on a smaller source base, the continuity found among the four varying journals is certainly telling enough to...
grain elevator towers and massive concrete walls of the DneproGes dam. A look back at the posters from that era creates a chronicled timeline of Soviet Union's creation and evolution. Each and every major event in the life of the Soviet people is reflected in the legacy of socialist agitprop...
In short, the Soviet Union was agreat power model based on industrial energy storagerather than capital accumulation. When external cultural penetration and internal political structure collapse occurred, this model exhibited an extremely violent disintegration response. ...