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Ads by Google      Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian (colloquially known as Bolshevist Russia), Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent. The Soviet Union was created and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union   (6270 words)      ICL - Soviet Union (Former~) - Constitution The State Emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a hammer and sickle on a globe depicted in the rays of the sun and framed by ears of wheat, with the inscription "Workers of All Countries, Unite!" in the languages of the Union Republics. The Procurator-General of the USSR is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions. http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/r100000_.html   (10400 words)      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 In the technological race between the Soviet Union and the West (principally the United States), the USSR exploded (1953) a hydrogen bomb; announced (1957) the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles; orbited (1957) the first artificial earth satellite (called Sputnik); and in 1961 sent Yuri Gagarin in the first manned orbital flight. The NEP ushered in a period of relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 the treaty of union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republics). He was replaced as first secretary of the CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin. http://www.bartleby.com/65/un/UnionSov.html   (5286 words)      Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Soviet Union / Bibliography Mystics and Commissars: Sufism in the Soviet Union. The Jews in the Soviet Union since 1917. The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National Minority. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/soviet_union/su_bibl.html   (11845 words)      At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 The Soviet Union that Gorbachev inherited in 1985 was a global power, perhaps somewhat tarnished in that image, but still strong and united and one of the world's two superpowers. 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. 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. http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/19335/art-1.html   (16863 words)      Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent. The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. The formation of the Soviet Union was the culmination of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which overthrew Tsar Nicholas II, and later the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War from 1918-1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union   (5205 words)      Soviet Union (Former) : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Soviet Union (Former) : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Military Policy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet of the Union and Soviet of Nationalities http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sutoc.html   (454 words)      ICL - Soviet Union (Former~) - Constitution The Procurator-General of the USSR is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions. (1) The Council of Minister of the USSR shall be responsible and accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/r100000_.html   (454 words)      Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian (colloquially known as Bolshevist Russia), Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent. The Soviet Union was created and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union   (6137 words)      BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Timeline: Soviet Union 1991 September - Congress of People's Deputies votes for the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 1933 - United States recognises the Soviet Union. 1924- Soviet Union adopts constitution based on the dictatorship of the proletariat and stipulating the public ownership of land and the means of production; Lenin dies and is replaced by Joseph Stalin. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1112551.stm   (1447 words)      List of leaders of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Theoretically it was the highest position, since the Supreme Soviet was an interim organ of the Congress of Soviets, the latter being the supreme power of people, according to the Constitution of the Soviet Union. The first position of importance was that of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, informally translated as President of the Soviet Union. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR http://www.leessummit.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Leaders_of_post-Soviet_independent_states   (1447 words)      Politics of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prior to 1989, the former Supreme Soviet was constitutionally the highest organ of legislative and executive authority but met only a few days annually; its Presidium managed affairs throughout the year. There was a legislative body; the Congress of Soviets, from 1917 to 1936 and the Supreme Soviet, from 1936 on, but generally it functioned only to approve, unanimously, items placed on the agenda by the Politburo, the centralized leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the final years of the Soviet Union attempts were made by the Politburo under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the political system (first instigated by Yuri Andropov, successor of Leonid Brezhnev). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Soviet_Union   (1436 words)      Soviet Union Germans and Jews from the former Soviet Union to Germany. Abstract With the break-up of the Soviet Union, emigration from its successor... The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. http://hallencyclopedia.com/Soviet_Union   (1436 words)      Premier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the Soviet Union, the title of premier was applied to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars or, after 1946, to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. A "premier" is the head of government of a province (in Canada) or state (in Australia); the "prime minister" is the national, or federal, head of government. "Premier" is the title of the heads of government in the provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of South Africa, the states of Australia, and the nation of Niue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier   (1436 words)      Soviet Union Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent. History of the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia http://www.launchbase.org/encyclopedia/Soviet_Union   (6137 words)      AllRefer.com - Soviet Union [USSR] - Introduction Soviet Union or USSR Information Resource The committee was headed by the vice president of the Soviet Union, Gennadii I. Ianaev, who was named acting president, and included the chairman of the KGB, Vladimir A. Kriuchkov; the minister of internal affairs, Boris Pugo; the minister of defense, Dmitrii T. Iazov; and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Valentin Pavlov. Soviet troops occupied radio and television facilities in the Estonian and Lithuanian republics, and the Estonian and Lithuanian legislatures declared immediate secession from the Soviet Union. Hence the Constitution, Gorbachev's decrees, and laws passed by the Supreme Soviet, by the supreme soviets of the republics, or by the soviets (see Glossary) of the various subdivisions were often disobeyed with impunity. http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/soviet-union/soviet-union13.html   (9775 words)      List of leaders of the Soviet Union: Information From Answers.com Theoretically it was the highest position, since the Supreme Soviet was an interim organ of the Congress of Soviets, the latter being the supreme power of people, according to the Constitution of the Soviet Union. The first position of importance was that of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, informally translated as President of the Soviet Union. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-leaders-of-the-soviet-union   (667 words)      PREMIER FACTS AND INFORMATION In the Soviet_Union, the title of premier was applied to the Chairman of the Council_of_People's_Commissars or, after 1946, to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. "Premier" is the title of the heads of government in the provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of South_Africa, the states of Australia, and the nation of Niue. A "premier" is the head_of_government of a province (in Canada) or state (in Australia); the "prime minister" is the national, or federal, head of government. http://www.gottaorderflowers.com/Premier   (667 words)      Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation claimed to be the legal successor to the Soviet Union on the international stage despite its loss of superpower status. In contrast to the revolutionary spirit that accompanied the birth of the Soviet Union, the prevailing mood of the Soviet leadership at the time of Brezhnev's death in 1982 was one of aversion to change. Within the Soviet Union, repressive measures continued in force; Stalin apparently was about to launch a new purge when he died in 1953. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union   (667 words)      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 In September the Congress of People’s Deputies voted for the dissolution of the USSR, and discussions began which led to the Dec. 8 founding of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The NEP ushered in a period of relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 the treaty of union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republics). Cooperation between the USSR and the Western powers—already shaky during the war—ceased soon after the armistice, and relations between the Soviet Union and the United States (which emerged from the war as the two chief powers in the world) became increasingly strained, leading to the international tension of the cold war. http://www.bartleby.com/65/un/UnionSov.html   (667 words)      History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On March 17, 1991, in an all-Union referendum 78% of all voters voted for the retention of the Soviet Union in a reformed form. In December 1988, the Supreme Soviet approved the establishment of a Congress of People's Deputies, which constitutional amendments had established as the Soviet Union's new legislative body. On March 11, 1990, Lithuania declared the restitution of independence and announced that it was pulling out of the Soviet Union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Soviet_Union   (667 words)      Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The formation of the Soviet Union was the culmination of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the short-lived Provisional Government (established after Czar Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917), and later the Red Army victory in the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties. The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union   (5889 words)      CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS The State Emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a hammer and sickle on a globe depicted in the rays of the sun and framed by ears of wheat, with the inscription "Workers of All Countries, Unite!" in the languages of the Union Republics. The Procurator-General of the USSR is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions. http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ussr.htm   (10238 words)      History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On March 17, 1991, in an all-Union referendum 78% of all voters voted for the retention of the Soviet Union in a reformed form. Yeltsin and the dissolution of the Soviet Union 2 Yeltsin and the dissolution of the Soviet Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union   (10238 words)      USSR Coup 1991 Soviet Union vice president Gennadiy Yanayev was named acting president. He resigned as general secretary but remained president of the Soviet Union. Both the Soviet Union and the United States had recognized the independence of the Baltic republics in September. http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/uniform/ussr1991.htm   (537 words)      Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union The party gained a legal monopoly in the Soviet constitution of 1977 (other parties had been banned since 1921), but otherwise the period was one of stagnation after the failure of Khrushchev& reforms. The party (from 1925 the All-Union Communist party), was strongly urban. http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/CommunisUSSR.html   (1182 words)      Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev served as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1985. In 1988, Gorbachev was elected President of the Presidium and in 1989 he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet. In 1985 he was elected Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, serving until 1990, and was also appointed Secretary General of the Polit Bureau of the CCCP, serving until 1991. http://www.clubmadrid.org/cmadrid/index.php?id=127   (545 words)      Soviet Union and the United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Although the Soviet Union benefited from and encouraged these trends, it was not mainly responsible for them. During the Gorbachev period, the Soviet Union made several suggestions for increasing UN involvement in the settlement of superpower and regional problems and conflicts, though these suggestions were not implemented, they constituted new initiatives in Soviet foreign policy and represented a break with the stolid, uncooperative nature of past Soviet foreign policy. The Soviet Union did not, however, achieve total support in the UN for its foreign policy positions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_and_the_United_Nations   (545 words)      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 In the technological race between the Soviet Union and the West (principally the United States), the USSR exploded (1953) a hydrogen bomb; announced (1957) the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles; orbited (1957) the first artificial earth satellite (called Sputnik); and in 1961 sent Yuri Gagarin in the first manned orbital flight. He was replaced as first secretary of the CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin. The NEP ushered in a period of relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 the treaty of union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republics). http://www.bartleby.com/65/un/UnionSov.html   (545 words)      President of the Soviet Union World Encyclopedia, India encyclopedia, Featured Articles, Cover Stories, World wide Informations @ www.mirchigold.com The President of the Soviet Union was the Head of State of the USSR from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991. From the mid-1920s on, all effective executive political power was in the hands of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the Chairman exercising largely symbolic and figurehead duties. The office had not existed until 1990; previously the head of Soviet state had been the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (Chairman of the All-Union Executive Committee, ВЦИК) from 1922-1938, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1938-1989, then the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in 1989-90. http://www.mirchigold.com/index.php?title=President_of_the_Soviet_Union   (679 words)

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