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3 days ago · The concept and compositional design belong to the architect Boris Iofan. It is 24.5 metres (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of socialist realism in an Art Deco aesthetic.
4 days ago · The leading architect Boris Iofan bid for the skyscraper project in 1947 but the job was assigned to Lev Rudnev, because Iofan made the mistake of placing his draft skyscraper right on the edge of Sparrow Hills, a site which raised concerns over a potential landslide hazard.
1 day ago · Boris Yeltsin was elected its Chairman, but the executive secretary, People’s Deputy Oleg Rumyantsev, became its actual head. By the autumn of 1991, the Commission had prepared a draft of the new Constitution. After the failed coup of August 1991, the question of formalising the new Russian statehood became more and more acute.
1 day ago · Nicolae Ceaușescu ( / tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː / chow-SHESK-oo, Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ, 26 January [ O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and statesman. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania.
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1 day ago · Joseph Stalin. Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin [f] (born Dzhugashvili; [g] 18 December [ O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who was the longest-serving leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952, and ...
1 day ago · Title: Radio and television address to the American people on the Soviet arms build-up in Cuba, 22 October 1962. Date (s) of Materials: 22 October 1962. Description: Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba.
2 days ago · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] ( Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ⓘ; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to ...
