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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.
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 .
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At the same time, the nation's film industry, which was fully nationalized throughout most of the country's history, was guided by philosophies and laws propounded by the monopoly Soviet Communist Party which introduced a new view on the cinema, socialist realism, which was different from the one before or after the existence of the Soviet Union.
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 gradually significant problems in social, political, and economic areas accumulated, so that ...
The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within (2nd ed. Harvard UP 1992) 570 pp. Laqueur, Walter (1987). The Fate of the Revolution. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-18903-8. Kort, Michael. The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath (7th ed. 2010) 502 pp. McCauley, Martin. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (2007), 522 pp.
Nick Nolte talked about the first time he met Eddie Murphy — or was supposed to meet Eddie Murphy — for "48 Hrs." in a Role Recall interview with Yahoo Entertainment.
A History of Soviet Russia is a 14-volume work by E. H. Carr, covering the first twelve years of the history of the Soviet Union. It was first published from 1950 onward and re-issued from 1978 onward. [1] The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923, Volume 1. (1950) The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923, Volume 2. (1952) The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917 ...