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26. Feb. 2022 · Below, we’ll use historical maps from three specific eras to build context for how the USSR was structured, which modern countries were a part of this sprawling country, and how its history relates to Russia’s present day pushes for territorial expansion.
- Historical Maps that Explain the USSR
How did the USSR change its borders and territories over...
- Historical Maps that Explain the USSR
Vor 2 Tagen · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.
- Geography of The Soviet Union
- Foundation of The Soviet Union
- Communism in Soviet Russia
- Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan
- Collapse of The Soviet Union
- Soviet Union Countries
With the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia, the USSR has become the world’s largest country with a surface area of 22.402.400 km². At the same time, USSR ranked 3rd in the world with 293,047,571 million (June 1991) population. One of the important political and military power in the world, the Soviet Union was surrounded with Nor...
The Bolshevik Party, headed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, began to take power in 1917. At the time of the revolution, Russia was on the side of the Entente States during the First World War. The first major performance of the Bolshevik Party was to withdraw Russia from the war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. At the end of this treaty, Russia had to l...
In July 1918, a constitution was adopted in the 5th Congress of the Soviets, which would set an example for the 1924 and 1936 constitutions. During the sessions, the Congress delegated its powers to the Central Executive Committee of its own choice of 200 members, which elected the highest governmental body in the Bolshevik system, Sovnarkom. The c...
After a long preparatory work, the first Five-Year Development Plan for the period 1928-1932 was adopted. Large-scale public investment, private employing 20,000 foreign experts and the import of machinery equipment have resulted in a 136% increase in production. Thanks to the socialist competition of foreign engineers, the industry developed rapid...
With the 1917 October Revolution, in other words, the USSR, which was established with the Bolshevik Revolution, was a force against the United States during the Cold War. But when Stalin died in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev took the place after the four-year struggle, and the relations between East and West reached very dangerous levels in Khrushchev ‘...
Soviet Union Countries List: 1. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 2. Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic 3. Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 4. Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic 5. Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic 6. Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic 7. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 8. Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic 9. L...
The history of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, referred to as the Brezhnev Era, covers the period of Leonid Brezhnev 's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This period began with high economic growth and soaring prosperity, but ended with a much weaker Soviet Union facing social, political, and economic stagnation.
Map showing the greatest territorial extent of the Soviet Union and the sovereign states that it dominated politically, economically and militarily in 1960, after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 but before the official Sino-Soviet split of 1961 (total area: c. 35,000,000 km 2)
14. Feb. 2019 · Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
