This newly revised and expanded second edition of "The Soviet Union Today" provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Soviet reality. Written by thirty experts, the book is divided into eight general sections: history, politics, the armed forces, the physical context, the economy, science...
The Soviet Union Today 来自 foreignaffairs.com 喜欢 0 阅读量: 17 作者: John C. Campbell 摘要: A journalist's picture of Soviet society, partly reporting, partly interpretive and duly cynical, but less revealing than the comparable recent descriptions by Hedrick Smith and Robert Kaiser (noted...
(Placename) a former federal republic in E Europe and central and N Asia: the revolution of 1917 achieved the overthrow of the Russian monarchy and the Soviet Union (the USSR) was established in 1922 as a Communist state. It was the largest country in the world, occupying a seventh of ...
revealing the complex internal and external factors and their interaction mechanisms behind it. The collapse of the Soviet Union, as one of the most important historical events of the 20th century, not only ended the fate of the world's first socialist superpower, but also profoundly influenced...
Within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. Some 40 of them were made in the United States of America and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the Soviet Union. ...
In 1939, Drohobych was under the control of the Soviet Union. At the time, Schulz was known to have been working on a novel called The Messiah, but no trace of the manuscript survived his death. When the Germans launched their Operation Barbarossa against the Soviets in 1941, they forced ...
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The Soviet Union Abstract Pakistan’s relations with the Soviet Union have been marked by indifference, distrust, and mutual recriminations on one account or another, although there were brief periods when these could be described as correct and cordial. Many people in Pakistan believe that a ...
, the then soviet union, the united kingdom , the united states and a majority of other signatories, according to the organization’s website. their main goal – having a successor to the league of nations that could prevent another world war – might have been achieved at least so far,...
Learn about the history and geography of the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR, in 20th century Europe. Discover the leaders and politics of...