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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Assigned on September 19, 1990, existing onwards. The governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania view themselves as continuous and unrelated to the respective Soviet republics. Russia views the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian SSRs as legal constituent republics of the USSR and predecessors of the modern Baltic states. The Government of the United States and a number of other countries did not recognize the legal inclusion of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the USSR. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (help·info), tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, IPA [sɐˈjʊs sɐˈvʲeʦkʲɪx səʦɪəlʲɪˈstʲiʨɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpʊblʲɪk], abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from Советский Союз, Sovetskiy Soyuz. A soviet is a council, the theoretical basis for the socialist society of the USSR. Emerging from the Russian Empire after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921, the USSR was a union of several Soviet republics, but the synecdoche Russia—after the Russian SFSR, its largest and most populous constituent state—continued to be commonly used throughout the country's existence. The geographic boundaries of the USSR varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic states, eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution, the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland and Finland. Initially established as a union of four Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR grew to contain 15 constituent or "union republics" by 1956: Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR and Uzbek SSR. (From annexation of the Estonian SSR on August 6, 1940 up to the reorganization of the Karelo-Finnish SSR into the Karelian ASSR on July 16, 1956, the count of "union republics" was sixteen.) As the largest and oldest constitutional communist-led socialist state, the Soviet Union became the primary model for a number of ideologically close Marxist-Leninist nations during the Cold War. The government and the political organization of the country were defined by the Bolsheviks and their successor, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1945 until dissolution in 1991—a period known as the Cold War—the Soviet Union and the United States of America were the two world superpowers that dominated the global agenda of economic policy, foreign affairs, military operations, cultural exchange, scientific advancements including the pioneering of space exploration, and sports (including the Olympic Games and various world championships). The Russian Federation is the successor state to the USSR. Russia is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States and a recognised global power, inheriting its foreign representatives and much of its military from the former Soviet Union. From Wikipedia under the
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1276px x 1015px | 256.60kB [source page] Soviet Union Muslim Peoples 1981 257K From Yahoo Image Search: "soviet" How extensive was Soviet control in Warsaw pact countries? Q. I watched a movie about the Berlin wall in class today, and it seemed like all of the decisions regarding the governance of East Germany came directly form Moscow (like Reagan asking Gorbachev,not the president of East Germany to tear the wall down). How much control did the Soviet Union have on countries like Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, etc.? Were they essentially Soviet provinces, and just nominally independent? Or were they really independent? Asked by NC - Mon Oct 26 19:51:28 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Soviet control varied from country to country, and fit also varied over time. In the aftermath of WWII, Soviet control was absolute, they installed the governments, and dictated exactly what policies to follow. But after time, especially after the death of Stalin in 1953, they were able to forge their own paths to socialism, they were fully independent. In Romania, from about 1965, when Ceausescu took office, the Soviets had little control over what went on, Romania publicly opposed the 1968 invasion of Prague. Whilst in East Germany, throughout the period, or Czechoslovakia (after 1968), they exercised considerable amounts of control. The interesting countries, I think, are Poland and Hungary who, for different reasons, were able to… [cont.] Answered by Spellbound - Tue Oct 27 07:43:52 2009 What were the adjustments made by the governments and societies of China and the Soviet Union? Q. The full question is: Compare and contrast the adjustments made by the governments and societies of China and the Soviet Union/Russia to the numerous economic and political change since 1985. Why have the differences between their situations become so great? Asked by Holly H - Sun Apr 12 15:46:07 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. basically i'm only in 6th grade but i'll ask my soocial studies teacher but i'll get back to you wl my anwer...k Answered by Roxy L - Sun Apr 12 16:01:14 2009 What was the genral foreign policy approach of the Soviet Union regardin the United States during the cold war?
Q. What was the general foreign policy approach of the Soviet Union regarding the United States during the Cold War? Asked by yogosun12 - Sun Oct 26 11:11:06 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The general foreign policy of every nuclear nation during that time can be summed up in 3 letters: M.A.D. Mutually Assured Distruction was the policy that said that if both sides of the war have the capability of totally wiping the other off the map in a globally devestating nuclear war, then neither side is willing to start one. That policy kept the world on the brink of nuclear distruction without ever allowing it to cross that line. There are, of course, much more specific answers that get into all kinds of nuances, but that is the general policy you asked for. Answered by Joe Finkle - Sun Oct 26 11:16:20 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "soviet" |






