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What was the Soviet Union? USSR and Gorbachev’s role explained, and why it collapsed - Evening Standard
The Soviet Union, or USSR, was a state that was formed after the Russian revolution in 1917, and the subsequent three-year civil war. It was founded on a political system of Marxist socialism ...
Smithsonian Magazine18d
How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race
National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...
The Washington Post28d
James Lloydovich Patterson, child star of Soviet-era film, dies at 91
Lloyd Patterson, who soon joined the Communist Party, remained in the Soviet Union. As he explained to the Chicago Defender, a Black newspaper, the country gave Black artists “opportunities and ...