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WEBOct 31, 2013 · A chronology of key events: 1917 April - Lenin and other revolutionaries return to Russia from Germany. Gone but not forgotten: Many Russians still fondly remember the Soviet Union and its...
China’s Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to …
WEB4 hours ago · More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The powerful and feared organization has ruled the nation — home to close to one-fifth of the world’s population — for 75 years, surpassing the 74-year Soviet era in …
How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine ...
WEBDec 24, 2021 · Gorbachev announced that after 74 years as one of the world's most powerful nations, the Soviet Union no longer existed, and would break up in 15 separate countries.
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WEBThe Soviet Union played a crucial role in the Allied victory in World War II, but at a tremendous human cost, with millions of Soviet citizens perishing in the conflict. The Soviet Union emerged as one of the world's two superpowers, leading the Eastern Bloc in opposition to the Western Bloc during the Cold War.
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WEBJul 1, 2023 · Welshman helped avert nuclear war in the 1960s. The then-British ambassador to Washington kept President Kennedy calm during the crisis. All the latest content about Soviet Union from the BBC.
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Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of 'historical Russia'
WEBMOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago as the demise of what he called "historical Russia" and said the economic...
30 years after Soviet collapse, breaking up is still hard to do
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · When the soviet union collapsed nearly three decades ago, the news reverberated around the world. But it was mostly greeted with apathy in the streets of Moscow and other Russian cities.
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WEBJul 1, 2023 · Ukraine finds British WW2 planes outside Kyiv. London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany. Europe. 10 Jun 2023.
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WEBVeteran human rights advocate freed in swap says Russia is sliding back toward Stalinist times. A human rights activist since the 1980s, Oleg Orlov thought Russia had turned a corner when the Soviet Union collapsed and a democratically elected president became leader. August 9.