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4 days ago · 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.
- The Russian Revolution
Soviet Union - Revolution, Communism, USSR: Sometime in the...
- Lenin and The Bolsheviks
After the abortive Bolshevik July rising the chairmanship of...
- Industrialization, 1929–34
Soviet Union - Industrialization, 1929–34: On the industrial...
- The Brezhnev Era
Soviet Union - The Brezhnev era: The new collective...
- Economic Policy
Soviet Union - Command Economy, Five-Year Plans,...
- The Communist International
Soviet Union - Communism, Revolution, USSR: Lenin and his...
- Kaliningrad
History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the...
- Baffin Island
Baffin Island, island lying between Greenland and the...
- The Russian Revolution
4 days ago · This is a good source for both online and print primary documents about the 1917 Revolution. One of the most engaging aspects of this site for student is the interactive parallel timelines for workers, peasants, soldiers and activists. Eyewitness Accounts: Visitors to Soviet Russia 1917-1928.
- Jennifer King
- 2013
5 days ago · Communist Party, Political party organized to facilitate the transition of society from capitalism through socialism to communism. Russia was the first country in which communists came to power (1917). In 1918 the Bolshevik party was renamed the All-Russian Communist Party; the name was taken to.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 during Ukrainian-Soviet War, Odesa saw two Bolshevik armed insurgencies, the second of which succeeded in establishing their control over the city; for the following months, the city became a center of the Odesa Soviet Republic.
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6 days ago · Following this sequence of events, the country plummeted into a Civil War which would end in 1923 with the establishment of the Soviet Union. Note - The October Revolution broke out in 1917. It was led by the Bolshevik Party and the Red Guard. Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the revolution.
3 days ago · It is the second largest city of Russia and one of the world’s major cities. St. Petersburg has played a vital role in Russian history since its founding in 1703. For two centuries (1712–1918) it was the capital of the Russian Empire. The city is remembered as the scene of the February (March, New Style) and October (November, New Style ...
4 days ago · Russia,[b]or the Russian Federation,[c]is a country spanning Eastern Europeand North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zonesand sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d]It is the world's ninth-most populous countryand Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanized country ...
