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What If the USSR Joined the Axis? Alternate WW2 Timeline

Dive into a detailed alternate history exploring what might have happened if the Soviet Union had joined the Axis Powers ...
Reuters

The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union. read more March 1985 - ...
insider.si.edu

Map of Soviet Union with Four Colored Scaled Maps

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Drawing on graph paper with blue grid ...
Time

The History Behind Victory Day in Russia

Victory Day is always a big holiday in Russia: It marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, a conflict during which more than 8 million Soviet soldiers died. But this year, ...
Astronomy

A brief history of Soviet and Russian human spaceflight

The Soviet/Russian space program achieved numerous "firsts" in human spaceflight, including the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1), the first spacewalk (Alexei Leonov, Voskhod 2), and the ...