Article: German–Soviet war
The Oxford Companion to World War II;      700+ words ...German–Soviet war For a more detailed...the German–Soviet war, see BARBAROSSA...Division , Finnish–Soviet war ( ad fin ), Hungary...involved in the war, see USSR , 4 and 6. See also...The German–Soviet war, known in the USSR as the ...

Article: USSR
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      12 words ...USSR (also U.S.S.R. ) hist. • abbr. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Article: The role of popular discontent. (collapse of communism in the former USSR)
The National Interest;  March 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......imperialism contribute to the collapse of the USSR? This complex question has in general been...such revolution has yet taken place in the USSR's successor states, except perhaps in the...Byrnes. It charted current trends in the USSR, and considered how they were likely to...

Article: 1987: year eight. (Soviet war on Afghanistan)
National Review;  January 30, 1987 ;     325 words ...1987: Year Eight THE SOVIET WAR on Afghanistan has entered itseighth year. A third of the original...media attention than the deaths of a million Afghans, and that the USSR still manages to lead the world chorus in denouncing imperialism...

Article: Empire, USSR as
Encyclopedia of Russian History;      700+ words ...EMPIRE, USSR AS The understanding of the concept of empire...emergent superpowers, the United States and the USSR, adhered to an anti-imperialist, anti-empire...leadership never considered the multinational USSR, the leader of socialist revolution, to be...

Article: Soviet War Memorial in Estonia Removed
AP Online;  April 27, 2007 ;     231 words ...TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia removed a Soviet war memorial from downtown Tallinn early Friday, carrying out a plan that has aggravated tensions with Russia and provoked violent...

Article: Estonia to Excavate Soviet War Grave
AP Online;  April 26, 2007 ;     360 words ...TALLINN, Estonia - Protesters gathered at a Soviet war grave in downtown Tallinn on Thursday, as authorities prepared to remove the bodies despite Russia's angry objections. Dozens of...

Article: Poland Will Protect Soviet War Memorials
AP Online;  May 7, 2007 ;     360 words ......will require the preservation of memorials that honor Soviet soldiers, a Cabinet minister said Monday. The move comes after a Soviet war memorial was removed from a downtown square in the capital of neighboring Estonia, touching off riots by ethnic Russians in...

Article: Estonia Removes Soviet War Memorial
AP Online;  April 27, 2007 ;     616 words ...TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia removed a Soviet war memorial from downtown Tallinn under cover of darkness early Friday, carrying out a plan that has rankled Russia and provoked street...

Article: Double Lives: Spies and Writers in the Secret Soviet War of Ideas Against the West.
National Review;  February 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Double Lives: Spies and Writers in the Secret Soviet War of Ideas against the West, by Stephen Koch (Free Press, 404 pp., $24.95) THE name Willi Munzenberg is familiar to readers of Arthur...

Article: Finnish–Soviet war
The Oxford Companion to World War II;      700+ words ...Finnish–Soviet war, also known as the ‘Winter War’ , was a direct consequence...the defeated Reds. The basis of Finland's foreign policy was that the USSR was an implacable enemy which sought to reverse that defeat and that...

Article: COMMUNIST CUSTODIAL CONTESTS: ADOPTION RULINGS IN THE USSR AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Journal of Social History;  June 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......with the historical development of the USSR; revolution, civil war, industrialization...records from actual judicial practice in the USSR. A review of adoption decisions, for example...under review by the Supreme Court of the USSR (Verkhovnyi Sud SSSR) from 1942, early...

Article: Soviet Disunion: A History of the Nationalities Problem in the USSR.
National Review;  August 6, 1990 ;     540 words ......History of the Nationalities Problem in the USSR (Free Press, 423 pp., $29.95). The authors...nationalities forcibly incorporated into the USSR. Soviet Disunion describes the horror of...of a vast empire who want no part of the USSR. Gorbachev is no more pleased with the...

Article: Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR
Encyclopedia of Russian History;      307 words ...CHRONICLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR The Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR was a journal devoted to the Soviet dissident movement...topics. Citing Soviet laws, the Constitution of the USSR, and international covenants to which the Soviet Union...