The history ofSoviet Russia and theSovietUnion (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and...
The Supreme SovietoftheUnionofSoviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, romanized: Verkhovnyy...
Censorship in theSovietUnion was pervasive and strictly enforced. Censorship was performed in two main directions: State secrets were handled by the General...
TheUnionofSoviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as theSovietUnion, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922...
media help. The "State Anthem oftheUnionofSoviet Socialist Republics" was the national anthem oftheSovietUnion and the regional anthem ofthe Russian...
The title Hero oftheSovietUnion (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, romanized: Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in theSoviet Union...
Television in theSovietUnion was owned, controlled and censored by the state. The body governing television in the era oftheSovietUnion was the Gosteleradio...
Censorship of images was widespread in theSovietUnion. Visual censorship was exploited in a political context, particularly during the political purges of Joseph...
Religion in theUnionofSoviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dominated by the fact that it became the first state to have as one objective of its official...
Barbarossa) was the invasion oftheSovietUnion by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War...
TheSovietUnion national football team (Russian: сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, romanized: sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the...
The history ofthe Jews in theSovietUnion is inextricably linked to much earlier expansionist policies ofthe Russian Empire conquering and ruling the...
The social phenomenon of nostalgia for the era oftheSovietUnion (Russian: Ностальгия по СССР, romanized: Nostal'giya po SSSR), can include its politics...
Throughout the history oftheSovietUnion (1917–1991), there were periods when Soviet authorities suppressed and persecuted various forms of Christianity...
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...