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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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What happened to people's houses during the Soviets' reign?
Legal definition changed over time, but in practice the situation was perfectly defined by Constitution of USSR (1936), Article 6: "Land, its interior, waters, forests [...] and buildings are property …
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What kind of ID Number, if any, did the Soviets institute for all their citizens?
"I-ТЭ № 681711" includes also the issue series ID - the "I-TЭ" part (which in this case consists of a roman numeral from I to XXXIII and the issue region code (two cyrillic letters), by the way, so it …
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Was there an embargo of Soviet gold in 1932, and was grain the primary exportable good?
This document from 1926 indeed mentions the gold embargo as detrimental to Soviet-British trade, thus the embargo did exist, at least for some states. On the other hand, it also mentions that in the y …
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Was Nikolai Bukharin told at trial his job was “to confess and repent, not to argue”?
Not quite. Indeed, in transcript of interrogation of Bukharin there is a phrase "There is no point in making a pious face, accused Bukharin. Better admit what exists" (pretty accurate translation from …
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Were barcodes used in the Soviet Union?
Soviet Union did not have a barcode system, at least not one with any significance. However, GS1 Russia was founded in 1990, so technically you could say that it was possible for some soviet goods to …
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What was the first fossil fuel pipeline in the Soviet Union?
Strictly speaking, first fossil fuel pipeline in USSR territory would be the the Balakhanu-Black City pipeline, built in 1878 by Vladimir Shukhov, renowned for his innovations in oil industry and in i …
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Is Alexander Matrosov's service record publicly available?
In 1943, the document containing Red Army serviceman's service record was called "книжка красноармейца" (lit. "Red Army man's book"). It was introduced by the order №330 of People's Commissar of Defen …
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What was the Soviet reasoning for developing their Airborne Forces (VDV) into a powerful mil...
First of all, if you go by the USA definition of "branch of the military", the Soviet VDV were not one. Until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, they were a part of Ground Armed Forces branch — a qu …
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What was the extent of Kohl's government opposition to the independence of Ukraine?
Judging from the text of the article you linked - Kohl was expecting the dissolution of USSR to result in a surge in toxic nationalism not unlike the aftermath of WW1. As we can see from history, the …
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Statement Issued by Communist Party regarding Collectivization: Contradictory?
It is.
In Soviet history there are multiple instances of badly implemented policies causing resistance from population, which sometimes resulted in government issuing statements in the spirit of "we …
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During WW2, did the USSR re-gauge railways in conquered areas?
According to what I read about Russian railroad troops, their operations could be divided in two parts - before the pre-war border and after.
Inside the old Soviet border there were the roads re-gaug …
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What did Yuri Gagarin do while waiting for his ride?
In 1991 Central Committee of the CPSU Archive released several documents related to Gagarin's flight. Amongst them was Gagarin's own after-action report to the government commission. Sadly, Russian St …
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Did Stalin have full control of the government in 1936?
Yes, by 1936 Stalin was firmly in control. In fact, any non-underground opposition was officially finished by the XVII Congress of the CPSU in 1934 - there, all the leaders of the former opposition (l …
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How prevalent were American disinformation campaigns during the Cold War?
As far as I know, solid evidence of programs dedicated specifically to dissemination of false information in Soviet Union and Soviet-aligned countries is rare. As an example, there's this piece by Reu …
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Why did Stalin exile Trotsky instead of killing or imprisoning him?
According to Trotsky (excrept from Коминтерн и ГПУ, published in Бюллетень оппозиции (большевиков-ленинцев) № 85, translation mine):
In 1928 […] not only the shooting squad, but even arrest would …
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