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The Soviet Union or USSR (1922–1991) was a socialist state in Eurasia. After the 1924 death of founding leader Lenin (who led the October Revolution in 1917), Stalin established a planned economy and suppressed political opposition. After World War II, the Soviet Union emerged as one of the world's two superpowers, opposing the USA in the Cold War. 1980s leader Gorbachev attempted reform with perestroika and glasnost but the country collapsed in 1991.
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How did the USSR manage to innovate in an environment characterized by government censorship...
The USSR didn't tend to go in for economic competition, but it made good use of intellectual competition and competition for prestige. It was also relatively good at creating organisations that did a …
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Were the Germans in a position to capitalize on their military objectives at Stalingrad with...
Leaving the Soviets in possession of part of the west bank of the Volga within the city would mean that the Germans would not have a secure front. The Soviets would have been capable of supplying and …
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How, exactly, was 30% of Russia's industrial capacity distributed "in and around Moscow" in ...
It's a mistake to think of the "Battle of Moscow" as being fought between two armies in close contact, forming continuous fronts.
The kind of mobile warfare that was being fought involves the attackin …
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Given the concern about Soviet oil in World War II, why is so little mention made of capture...
Germany didn't need more coal. They had plenty available in the Ruhr and Silesia, and a reasonably adequate ability to mine it. Depriving the USSR of access to coal was somewhat useful, but nothing li …
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Why did the Germans forbid the possession of pet pigeons in Rostov-on-Don in 1941?
The pigeons could have been homing pigeons, used to carry information from spies in Rostov-on-Don back to Soviet-controlled territory. There's no way for ordinary police or soldiers to tell if pigeons …
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Did the Soviet Union quarantine shipment of Jupiter and Thor missiles to Italy and Turkey?
The Soviet Union lacked the sea power to prevent the USA moving missiles to Italy or Turkey. Their nearest naval bases at the time were in the Black Sea and the Kola Peninsula. They established a base …
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Were Soviets invited to the Marshall Islands to observe the first hydrogen bomb detonations?
The USA could be confident that the USSR would learn about the hydrogen bomb test from atmospheric sampling. It's possible to detect extremely low levels of radioactive isotopes in the atmosphere, som …
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Did the Red Army and German Army clash in Poland in 1939?
This does not appear to be true. There's no mention of it in Weinberg's A World at Arms, which is about the best one-volume history of WWII. The German multi-volume history Germany and the Second Worl …
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In WW2, how long could a submarine stay submerged if it wasn't moving?
WWII submarines making a journey of any length would run on diesels on the surface during the day, if there were reasonable odds of not being sighted. Rapid ("crash") diving was a very important tacti …
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Was there a constant 'fear of the bomb' in the Soviet Union and America during the Cold War?
I became aware of the Cold War and the risks of a nuclear war in the late seventies. Most people in the UK didn't worry about it often, but it was always there. I particularly remember the night of th …
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During the Second World War, did the Germans expect that Japan would declare war on Russia?
Up until mid-1941, Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, had tried to get Japan to attack the USSR. Once it became clear that the Japanese weren't interested in this, Ribbentrop started pushing them …
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Is it true that Adolf Hitler foresaw a surrender on the Western front in the last week of Ap...
Ignoring Irving, there are other sources to the effect that Hitler realised somebody would have to carry out the end of the war on the German side. He seems to have wanted to avoid capture by the Sovi …
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Did the Germans consider an amphibious landing for Fall Blau?
If this was considered, it has left no trace in written history.
It is not mentioned in the relevant volume of Germany and the Second World War (Volume VI/II, pp. 843-863, "The Decision for Operatio …
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Why did the USSR stop in the Winter War against Finland in 1940?
The Soviets were indeed winning, but there were several reasons to stop:
They'd basically fulfilled the demands they made of Finland before starting the war. Those were mainly about moving the borde …
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Did Moscow have natural gas in the early era of the Soviet Union (1917 - 1930)?
Like most large cities, Moscow had a coal gas supply during this period. Coal gas is made, naturally enough, from coal. There's a short history of the Moscow gas system online. To summarise:
The init …
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