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What's the proxy war that the USSR spent most resources on?

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Is Wikipedia's identification of Lebed an error?

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(Why) did the PRC not [ever] recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR?

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Did Comecon [even] fail to standardize container sizes?

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Did Stalin believe Israel would go communist?

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Why were Soviet attitudes towards Israel inconsistent in the late 40's and 50's?

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Why did Stalin and the Soviet leadership have Leon Trotsky assassinated?

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Did the USSR attempt to broker peace negotiations between Japan and USA?

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Did Stalin describe Beria as his Himmler?

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Was Stalin behind the idea of universal elections in the USSR?

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Why wasn’t the USSR “rebranded” communist?

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Given the concern about Soviet oil in World War II, why is so little mention made of captured Soviet coal reserves?

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