The following lists events that happened during 1988intheUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...
Declaration № 142-Н of theSoviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of theSovietUnion. It also brought an end to theSovietUnion's federal government...
UEFA Euro 1988 contained theSovietUnion, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, and England. Matches were played from 12 to 18 June 1988. England...
During its 69-year history, theSovietUnion usually had a de facto leader who would not necessarily be head of state or even head of government but would...
Pursuant to the Geneva Accords of 14 April 1988, theSovietUnion conducted a total military withdrawal from Afghanistan between 15 May 1988 and 15 February...
The year 1988 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Exhibition of works by Dmitry Belajev was...
TheSovietUnion (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women...
teams. The match was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, on 25 June 1988 and was contested by the Netherlands and theSovietUnion. The Netherlands...
TheSovietUnion national football team (Russian: сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, romanized: sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the...
TheUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as theSovietUnion, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922...
and imports each accounted for only 4 percent of theSoviet gross national product. TheSovietUnion maintained this low level because it could draw upon...
The title Hero of theSovietUnion (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, romanized: Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction intheSoviet Union...
administrative units of theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). TheSovietUnion was formed in 1922 by a treaty between theSoviet republics of Byelorussia...
intensity of X (Devastating). The shock occurred inthe northern region of Armenia (then Armenian SSR, as part of theSovietUnion) which is vulnerable to large...
The history of the Jews intheSovietUnion is inextricably linked to much earlier expansionist policies of the Russian Empire conquering and ruling the...
before and after the Second World War During the Second World War on the Eastern Front, theSovietUnion lost an approximate at this time the population started...
became the third and final admiral of the fleet of theSovietUnion. Gorshkov died in1988 and no further appointments were made before the fall of the Soviet...
The history of Soviet Russia and theSovietUnion (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and...
time or penalties. Euro 1988 was the final European Championship to see teams from West Germany and theSovietUnion, as the West and East Germans reunified...
The economy of theSovietUnion was based on state ownership of the means of production, collective farming, and industrial manufacturing. An administrative-command...
Rank insignias of Marshal of theSovietUnion Marshal of theSovietUnion (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза, romanized: Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, pronounced...
The 1970s SovietUnion aliyah was the mass immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel after theSovietUnion lifted its ban on Jewish refusenik emigration in...
The Supreme Soviet of theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, romanized: Verkhovnyy...
TheSovietUnion incorporated an area of over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi), covering approximately one-sixth of Earth's land surface...