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| | Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Soviet Union, founded three decades before the Cold War, became a primary model for future Communist states; the Communist government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only permitted political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | | | The KGB (Committee for State Security), served in a fashion as the Soviet counterpart to both the FBI and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the U.S. It ran a massive network of informants throughout the Soviet Union, which was used to monitor violations in law. | | | Although there were many ethnic Jews in the Soviet Union, actual practice of Judaism was rare in Communist times. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews left the country after emigration restraints were removed. | | | The new leaders stressed collective leadership (as opposed to Khrushchev's one-man rule), but because of his position at the head of the CPSU Brezhnev held an advantage and by 1970 was clearly the most powerful person in the country, followed at a considerable distance by Kosygin. | | | This led to inefficiency and confusion, and in 1921 there was a partial return to the market economy with the adoption of the New Economic Policy (NEP). |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/U/UnionS1ov.asp
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| | CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS |
| | A session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR shall consist of separate and joint sittings of the chambers, and of meetings of the standing commissions of the chambers or commissions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR held between the sittings of the chambers. | | | All state and public bodies, organizations and officials are obliged to meet the requests of the commissions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and of its chambers, and submit the requisite materials and documents to them. | | | The supreme goal of the Soviet state is the building of a classless communist society in which there will be public, communist self-government. |
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http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ussr.htm
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| | Regional Overview:Central Europe and the Republics of the Former Soviet Union |
| | Currently, not a single journalist in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe is in prison for his or her work. | | | She is fluent in Russian and has published a dozen translations of the works of prominent Russian political figures and journalists as well as articles on politics, human rights, and the media in the region. | | | Journalists' self-defense societies or associations of correspondents are beginning to emerge, but are still weak, and the structures based on the communist-era journalists' unions are often dormant, corrupt, or actively hostile to press freedom in some areas. |
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| | At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 |
| | Many consider the Soviet Union's sudden about-face on German unification in mid-1990 a surprise, a miracle, or a mystery that still eludes a convincing explanation. | | | To oversimplify, I believed that Gorbachev's goal was to restore dynamism to a socialist political and economic system and revitalize the Soviet Union domestically and internationally to compete with the West. | | | In one case, a CIA study on the petroleum industry may have led the Soviet leadership to change an economic policy headed for disaster. |
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http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/19335/art-1.html
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| | History & Culture of Russia / Overview |
| | Large scale strikes shattered the Communist Party's traditional claim to be the representative of workers' rights. | | | After three days the attempted coup had collapsed. | | | The next morning the coup leaders issued the announcement that Gorbachev had resigned and that a state of emergency had been declared. |
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| | UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | The union supported Communist Party policies and was the defender and interpreter of the single Soviet literary method, Socialist Realism. | | | Follow the history of organized labor in America. | | | Overview of this intelligence organization of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9277506
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| | Republics of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | All of them were socialist republics, and all of them, with the exception of Russia had their own Communist parties. | | | The republics then all became independent states, with the post-Soviet governments in most cases consisting largely of the government personnel of the former Soviet republics. | | | Finally, perestroika allowed the governments of the republics to control economic assets in their republics and withhold funds from the central government. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | "The friendship of the peoples of Germany and the Soviet Union, cemented by blood, has every reason to be lasting and firm." | | | - Josef Stalin, Soviet Dictator (July 3, 1941, speaking about the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany made on 1939) | | | - Josef Stalin, Soviet Dictator (1941, after the Nazi armies' early victories in USSR) [summitted by J. Stout] |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | This war led to the USSR becoming a superpower. | | | WWII was followed by the Cold War in which Soviet led Eastern European nations and American led Western nations were on unfriendly terms. | | | However, the Provisional Government's authority was challenged by a group called the Soviet Petrograd. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | This became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which was established in 1924. | | | Eventually, Lenin and his successor Joseph Stalin implemented a government of totalitarian rule which encompassed most of the neighbouring states. |
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http://www.alientravelguide.com/history/govt/ussr4.htm
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| | : RS 02650.020 - SSA Restrictions on Payments to the Former Republics of the Soviet Union - 11/01/2005 |
| | As the republics of the Soviet Union became independent, and when the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a political entity, SSA asked the Department of State (DOS) to contact the appropriate officials in the former republics and obtain: | | | Also, the Soviet Union would not give SSA free access to beneficiaries and records so that SSA could verify the identity and continuing entitlement of beneficiaries in the areas in which the Soviet Union's laws were in effect. | | | (See GN 00905.675 for instructions on responding to inquiries about payment to residents of the portions of the former Soviet Union to which payment cannot be made.) |
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| | Glossary of Places: Un |
| | See also: Glossary of Organisations: USSR for information on the government and peoples of the USSR. | | | U.S.S.R. (“CCCP” in the Russian alphabet): The largest group of nations ever to form a single nation, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics encompassed one-sixth of the total land surface of the Earth. | | | Contents: Maps of the Soviet Union with maps detailing features of the Soviet Union such as road systems to permafrost regions to population density. |
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| | Maps of USSR - Soviet Union Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | Maps of USSR - Soviet Union Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System | | | Copyright © 1999 Photius Coutsoukis (all rights reserved) | | | Please put this page in your BOOKMARKS - - - - - |
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