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| | Soviet Union Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org |
 | | The main tasks of the congress were the election of the standing legislature, the Supreme Soviet, and the election of the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, who acted as head of state. | | | The Supreme Soviet, which had an elected chairman who functioned as head of state, oversaw the Council of Ministers, which acted as the executive branch of the government. | | | The Supreme Court supervised the lower courts and applied the law, as established by the Constitution or as interpreted by the Supreme Soviet. |
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http://www.launchbase.org/encyclopedia/Soviet_Union
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| | Lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union |
| | Political prisoners convicted in the Soviet Union’s civilian courts in 1936 received sentences as follows: up to 5 years: 44.2%; between 5-10 years 50.7%. | | | As for those sentenced to terms in the gulag labour camps, where the longer sentences were served, the 1940 statistics show that those serving up to 5 years were 56.8% and those between 5-10 years 42.2%. | | | He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! |
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http://www.geocities.com/redcomrades/lies.html
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| | Soviet history, Soviet Union history, history of the Soviet Union, history of Soviet Union, history Soviet Union on ... |
| | In November 1991, he appointed a new government, with himself as acting prime minister, a post he held until the appointment of Yegor Gaydar as acting prime minister in June 1992. | | | A locus of this opposition was increasingly the bicameral parliament, whose upper house was the Congress of People's Deputies (CPD) and lower house the Supreme Soviet. | | | Despite Gorbachev's attempts to discourage Russia's electorate from voting for him, Yeltsin was popularly elected as president in June 1991, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote. |
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http://www.russiansabroad.com/russian_history_251.html
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| | History of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The highest legislative body was the Supreme Soviet. | | | But he eventually turned against the moderates who favored the NEP once Trotsky was exiled, in order to consolidate his control over the party and the state. | | | One of the first acts of the Communist government was to withdraw from World War I. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union
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| | Russian History e-Resources Links |
| | Maurice Paléologue - An Ambassador's Memoirs (Last French Ambassador to the Russian Court) | | | World War 1 diplomatic documents, including Russian documents | | | A K Cajander, Finnish Prime Minister, on Soviet attack (November 1939) |
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http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/webcours/russia/links
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| | USSR: History |
| | After proclaiming itself the repository of governmental authority, the congress immediately issued decrees calling for the withdrawal of Russia from World War I, for the nationalization of all land, and for the formation of a Council of People's Commissars to act as the executive branch of government. | | | In 1976 he was reappointed Communist party general secretary and after Podgorny was removed, he also became president in 1977. | | | Chronologically, Soviet history began on November 7, 1917, when the Russian Revolution culminated in the assumption of state power by the Congress of Soviets, led by the Bolshevik party under Lenin. |
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| | Commentary Magazine - Utopia in Power: The History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present, by Mikhail Heller and ... |
| | ...Foreign diplomats attend formal receptions of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while representatives of terrorist activity who are engaged in wars aimed at overthrowing the diplomats' governments attend congresses of the Soviet Communist party as "fraternal delegates" and honored guests... | | | ...Simultaneously, campaigns of subversion and "wars of liberation" are waged by Communist parties and their subsidiaries to advance a revolutionary cause that is quite openly identified with the Soviet state... | | | ...His June 22, 1941, published in 1965, provoked a storm of controversy because of its candid thesis that the initial Soviet defeats in the war were largely the result of Stalin's criminal negligence... |
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http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V83I3P78-1.htm
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| | Paradox Interactive Forums - The History of the Soviet Union: 1919-1933 |
| | But for now the focus was on the Whites and Ukrainians, who felt that they could declare their indepndence. | | | The civil war wasn't the only problem though. | | | This would not be allowed however, and that is where the History of the Soviet Union begins. |
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http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204262
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| | History of the Soviet Union |
| | Professor Edward Acton, School of History, University of East Anglia | | | Dr Francis King, School of History, University of East Anglia | | | © School of History, University of East Anglia, Norwich - 2002; E-mail the editors |
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http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/webcours/russia/welcome
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| | HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION - SELECTED RESOURCES |
| | From the University of East Anglia School of History. | | | Soviet War Photography: Images of the Second World War and its Aftermath | | | From the Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS). |
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http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/russia.htm
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| | ne quid nimis |
| | Under Stalin's direction & against the objections of his political foes, bureaucratic control stratified & became much more effective. | | | In the political arena, the rampant paranoia & mass executions that were to become later known as the Great Purge lent a distinctly Orwellian character to the period. | | | WHO WON, WHO LOST & WHO CARES (PART 1): The wheels of history are already in motion, & the first of many battles to come are being waged vis-a-vis Reagan & the most important event that took place during the tenure of his two administrations: the gradual decline & eventual self-implosion of the Soviet Union. |
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http://nequidnimis.blogspot.com/2004_06_27_nequidnimis_archive.html
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| | The Military History of the Soviet Union |
| | Scott McMichael cogently argues that political ideology hampered the Red Army in its development of a counterinsurgency doctrine for use in Afghanistan. | | | The Military History of the Soviet Union edited by Robin Higham and Frederick W. Kagan. | | | This debilitating war left the development of Soviet doctrine and forces further crabbed, in that the lessons learned from Afghanistan were not regarded as an advanced course in small wars, but as instruction on dealing with internal threats. |
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http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/bookrev/schwonek.html
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| | The Soviet Union |
| | Eric Nitschke (liben@learnlink.emory.edu), Reference Librarian and European History Selector/Liaison, Emory University | | | A sample list of Library of Congress subject headings for researching the Soviet Union: (Capitalization is not necessary.) | | | This database is an index to English translations of print and broadcast media from around the world. |
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http://web.library.emory.edu/subjects/humanities/history/CCCP/Guide.html
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| | Dave's Trains, Inc.: Introduction to Soviet Union O-Gauge Trains |
| | The Soviet trains were made for 19 years and production ceased in 1969. | | | his page serves as the introduction to the Soviet Union Trains section of our website. | | | This natural occurrence was probably due to former USSR military personnel having been stationed in and then relocating to these countries afterwards. |
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http://www.davestrains.com/soviet.html
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| | Omniseek: /Lifestyle /Military /History /Russia and Soviet Union |
| | Destabilizing The Former Soviet Union: Cold Wars, Trade Wars and Russi... | | | Department of History - College of Arts and Sciences. | | | Academic International Press Academic International Press, founded in 1964, is a scholarly, commercial press specializing in reference works about Russia, the Soviet Union, Eurasia, China, United States history, sports, and religion in North America. |
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http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{54925}
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| | GB Stamps & Postal History of the Former Soviet Union - from Norvic Philatelics |
| | This was written in early 2002 and even then it seemed much more than ten years since the break-up of the Soviet Union into 15 separate self-governing republics. | | | For foreign currency conversions, and a daily mailing service go to Xenon Labs Currency List service. | | | For up-to-date news about new stamps of Great Britain, please visit our main GB news site. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3337
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| | History of Russia/Soviet Union 20 century... - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | It documents the Jews who were the architects of the Soviet Union. | | | Can anyone recommend any good reads on Russia/Soviet Union in the 20th Century, that describe: Communism, role of the Jews, the Commissars, the war with Germany and those that died under Stalin etc | | | Robert Conquest is the world's foremost authority on gulag slave labour camps in Russia.His book "The great terror" would be an interesting read. |
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http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15735
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| | History 448/343--THE SOVIET UNION: FROM LENIN TO GORBACHEV |
| | This lecture/ dicscussion course is open to anyone interested in understanding the record and the legacy of the USSR. | | | Tuesday April 25: History returns: acknowledging the past. | | | Students needing special accomodations in order to meet this course's requirements should speak to me at the beginning of the semester. |
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http://www.uwm.edu/Course/448-343
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| | The Murderous History of The Soviet Union - 4Forums.com |
| | In an ironic twist the NKVD turned an old czarist courthouse, which was also used by the Gestapo during WWII, into a torture chamber. | | | The Murderous History of The Soviet Union - 4Forums.com | | | The Soviet occupation of East Germany has an infamous history, because those who tried to escape were shot dead. |
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http://www.4forums.com/political/showthread.php?t=398
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| | OUP: History of the Soviet Union 1945-1991: Keep |
| | In 1945 the USSR was at the height of its international power and prestige, but years of prolonged hardship were to follow as Stalinist dictatorship was ruthlessly imposed. | | | 'A shrewd, well-sourced history of the Soviet Union... | | | John L. Keep, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto |
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http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-280319-0
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| | Course Description : History of the Soviet Union |
| | Interested in OSU-M? Attend an upcoming Campus Visit Day! | | | Course Objectives: This course will examine the history of Russia and the other Soviet republics from the immediate pre-revolutionary period through the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991. | | | Students will read both secondary and primary material, as well as viewing several films. |
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http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/courses/view.cfm?id=179
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| | A History of the Soviet Union 1945-1991 : Last of the Empires |
| | A History of the Soviet Union 1945-1991 : Last of the Empires | | | "Written in a clear, scholarly but penetrable style, it provides an abundance of information in a form that is accessible to anybody who wants or needs to remind himself of the chronology and content of those tumultuous years in the Soviet Union>" | | | Subjects : History : Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) |
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http://www.allbookstores.com/book/0192803190
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