Consisted of 15 different republics in the period 1922-1991
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Cuba is on the verge of collapse. After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba was dependent on economic aid from the Soviet Union and later Russia. Among other things, this dependence had an impact on the energy supply. Cuba’s energy supply was based on cheap oil from the Soviet Union. As long as they had…
On 21 August 1940, Leon Trotsky was killed by a Spanish communist in Mexico. The murder was probably commissioned by the Soviet Union. Leon Trotsky was the Soviet Union’s deputy leader after Lenin until Lenin’s death. After Lenin’s death, a power struggle arose in the communist party. Stalin won that power struggle. Leon Trotsky…
The 1969 Ice Hockey World Cup has gone down in history as the most legendary. There are two reasons for this. It is the most even championship of all time and it was the two games between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. In the end, the Soviet Union became world champions, Sweden number 2…
In Russia, the end of World War II is celebrated on May 9. The term is The Great Patriotic War. Actually, this is part of what we call World War II. First and foremost, the Great Patriotic War is the term for what we call the Eastern Front. The Great Patriotic War at school…
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact. The agreement is named after the two countries’ foreign ministers Molotov and Ribbentrorp. An additional part to the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement divided Europe into two. Which lands Germany and the Soviet Union had the right to take. In addition, which lands should…
In the period 1930-55, a directorate ran the Soviet Union’s prison camps. The Gulag Directorate. Today, the prison camps are often referred to as Gulag camps. These camps were important in the Soviet economy in some areas. Ordinary criminal, opposition, ethnic groups and after the war also Germans were placed in the camps. The…