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MOSCOW » Thought the Soviet Union was anti-American? Try today'sRussia.After a year in which...Michael Birnbaum
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (also known as the USSR or the Soviet Union) consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries. The USSR's territory stretched from the Baltic states in Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean, including the majority of northern Asia and portions of central As...
The new Russian government continued to prosecute the war, while a group of socialists in Petrograd where planning another revolution. Once Vladimir Lenin returned, the socialists launched the October Revolution, which changed the government again in Russia....
aThe Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. Stalingrad争斗是纳粹德国和它的盟友为市控制与苏联战斗Stalingrad第二次世界大战的一次主要争斗(现在...
What was the main cause of death in WWI? What caused Russia to exit World War I in 1917? What event brought the United States into World War II? What was the immediate cause of British entry into the First World War? What major change took place around the world after World War II?
“Moral principles of the USSR were proper… as long as we talk about declared ones, at least,” Olga agrees. “One had to work for something greater, not just for money.” A typical line in a Soviet shop. russiainphoto.ru Dark side:As a totalitarian state, the USSR was great at es...
Vladimir Lenin was the architect of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik revolution and the first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Red square is Russia Moscow city centre in the capital's famous Plaza, located in the Moscow City Center, Southwest is adjacent with the Kremlin. Was the former Soviet Union where major festivals held a mass rally and parade. New in late 15th century, latter half of the 17th century this...
served in the Moscow Embassy during the 1960s, said in an interview: “It certainly wasn’t very extraordinary for students on vacation to visit Russia in those days. There were no restrictions at all on our side, though there were some bureaucratic problems getting visas on the Soviet side...