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Soviet Military Might: How the Red Army Dominated the Cold War Era
The Soviet Army, with its enormous size and power, was the largest and most formidable military force in history. Between ...
Metal Workers on MSN1d
Ilyushin Il-62: The Soviet Long-Haul Jet That Changed Aviation
The Ilyushin Il-62 is a legendary aircraft that became the flagship airliner of the Soviet Union. Introduced in the early ...
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The CIA’s most unlikely Cold War weapon? A secret smuggling operation that terrified Soviet censors
In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...
Opinion: What JFK’s Cuban missile speech still teaches us
Current leaders would be wise to follow Kennedy’s exemplary rhetorical model when facing and talking publicly about today’s ...
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How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race
National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...
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Soviet Union timeline - BBC News
1922 - Union treaty formally joins Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus - which were divided in 1936 into Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan - into the Soviet Union. 1922 - Germany ...
Xi Has Spent Decades Preparing for a Cold War With the U.S.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is entering trade negotiations with a grand strategy inspired by his understanding of what the ...
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After 5 decades, this Soviet spacecraft may crash to earth this week - azcentral.com
A defunct Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, is expected to fall back to Earth between May 8-12, 2025. Launched in 1972, the Venus-bound craft malfunctioned and has been orbiting Earth for 53 years.