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The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration.
2 dni temu · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.
1 wrz 2017 · The Soviet Union, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 countries in Eastern Europe and Asia and lasted from 1922 until its fall in 1991. The Soviet Union was the world’s first Marxist‑Communist ...
5 dni temu · Soviet Union - Revolution, Communism, USSR: Sometime in the middle of the 19th century, Russia entered a phase of internal crisis that in 1917 would culminate in revolution. Its causes were not so much economic or social as political and cultural.
5 dni temu · Soviet Union - Cold War, Communism, Collapse: Stalin died a slow, angry, and painful death on March 5, 1953. He had suffered a stroke after retiring on the night of March 1–2, but this was not perceived until the morning because of his concern for personal security.
A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to Its Legacy. Third Edition. This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period.
22 sie 2002 · Here John Keep presents the narrative history of the USSR, from the last years of Stalin, to the chickened fate of Gorbachev’s reform policies, and the ultimate collapse of the empire under manifold centrifugal pressures.
