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Why would this word have been an unsuitable name in Communist Poland? Is it because it's a racial slur?

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Is Snyder's claim about Soviet-German friendship propaganda posters (1939‒41) supportable?

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Is "Lenin’s Testament" authentic?

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What are the grenades and artillery cited in this testimony?

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Why did Women's Day never really catch on in the US, even though it started there?

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Why did the Soviets not shoot down US spy satellites during the Cold War?

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Why was the Budjak annexed to Ukraine in 1940?

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Are there some concrete examples of the pre-1962 Soviet complaints in re CORONA spy satellites?

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What was the true extent of German losses at Prokhorovka?

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After World War II, what happened to the Soviet industrial facilities that had been evacuated?

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Why did the Red Army change uniforms in 1943?

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Why did Pakistan get involved in Soviet-Afghan war from 1979 to 1989?

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Were there any recorded accidents in the USSR (after 1945) involving gas pipelines?

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