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A map showing the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. June. 26 June – 13 July ... 1930 in the Soviet Union. 3 languages ...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [t] (USSR), [u] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [v] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area , extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries , and the third-most populous country .
The Soviet famine of 1930–1933 was a famine in the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union, including Ukraine and different parts of Russia, including Kazakhstan, [6] [7] [8] Northern Caucasus, Kuban Region, Volga Region, the South Urals, and West Siberia.
The history of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, referred to as the Brezhnev Era, covers the period of Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This period began with high economic growth and soaring prosperity but ended with a much weaker Soviet Union facing social, political, and economic stagnation.
Demographics of Soviet Union, Data of Andreev, E.M., et al., Naselenie Sovetskogo Soiuza, 1922–1991. Number of inhabitants in thousands. Number of inhabitants in thousands. Although the population growth -rate decreased over time, it remained positive throughout the history of the Soviet Union in all republics , and the population grew each ...
The Soviet Union was especially devastated due to the mass destruction of the industrial base that it had built up in the 1930s. The USSR also experienced a major famine in 1946–1948 due to war devastation that cost an estimated 1 to 1.5 million lives as well as secondary population losses due to reduced fertility.
1930 establishments in the Soviet Union (11 C, 38 P) A. 1930 in Armenia (1 C) B. 1930 in Belarus (1 C) C. 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks ...
→ Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Capital: Moscow: Widely recognized independent state. LON member state from September 18, 1934; expelled on December 14, 1939. The Soviet Union was a federation of seven (later 11) republics. [e]