occupying a seventh of the total land surface. The collapse of Communist rule in 1991 was followed by declarations of independence by the constituent republics and the consequent break-up of the Soviet Union. Official name:Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsAlso called:RussiaorSoviet RussiaAbbreviation...
1.(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an international organization of independent states, with its headquarters in New York City, that was formed in 1945 to promote peace and international cooperation and security. Abbreviation:UN 2.(Historical Terms) (in World War II) a coalition of 26 nations...
英国:“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”,“kingdom” 是名词,所以前面加 “the”,简称 “the UK”。 俄国:“the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”,“union” 是名词,简称 “the Soviet Union” 或“the U.S.S.R.”。 中国:“the People's Republic of China”,其中 ...
the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Phi~ippines, Singapore, Thailand, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Viet Nam and Yugosl... SO Idowu 被引量: 13发表: 2009年 The Ramsar Conferen...
The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of the United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The...
From 1922 to 1991, Russia represented the largest portion of theSoviet Union, and it dominated the coalition of Marxist proto-states. Through most the final half of the20th century, the United States and the Soviet Union, also known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), were th...
Roosevelt envisaged "four policemen", Britain, United States, Soviet Union, and Republic of China to be the major forces on what later became the UN Security Council to enforce the peace worldwide. This was deemed at the time as a modern approach to replace the old spheres of influence as...
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding Certain Maritime MattersJ.mar.l. & Com
At Expo 67, the world's fair held in Montreal in the summer of 1967, the cold-war rivalry between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was materialised in the pavilions that represented these two competing superpowers (Fig. 1). To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the...
Between 1791 and 1959, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. After defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, the U.S. emerged as the world's only superpower, having the world...