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The Rise and Fall of the USSR :10 Surprising Facts About the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, or the USSR, was one of the most powerful and mysterious superpowers in history, with a lasting impact on ...
USA Today2y
Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader and reformist, dies at 91
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991, Gorbachev tried to revive the moribund communist state by introducing polices of economic and political openness, ...
The Communist Politburo once ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Its last member has now died
The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind ...
New York Daily News2y
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of Soviet Union, dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union who brought in reforms credited with ending the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Moscow’s Centra… ...
Politico2y
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s final leader, dies
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meets with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office on Dec. 9, 1987. The two formed an unlikely partnership to reduce the number of nuclear weapons around the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7mon
Soviet Jewish General Says Leningrad Leaders Were Not Tried As Jews
A Jewish general in the army of the Soviet Union, General Dragunsky, who arrived here today, refused to comment on the recent arrests and imprisonment of Leningrad and Moscow Jewish leaders ...