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The term "Soviet empire" collectively refers to the world's territories that the Soviet Union dominated politically, economically, and militarily. This phenomenon, particularly in the context of the Cold War, is also called Soviet imperialism [1] [2] by Sovietologists to describe the extent of the Soviet Union's hegemony over the Second World.
Vilen "Willi" Tokarev was "octobered" with the name Vilen after V.I. Lenin [1] [2]. Given names of Soviet origin appeared in the early history of the Soviet Union, [3] coinciding with the period of intensive word formation, both being part of the so-called "revolutionary transformation of the society" with the corresponding fashion of neologisms and acronyms, [4] which Richard Stites ...
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
Cold War chronology: Soviet–American relations, 1945–1991. University of Michigan: Congressional Quarterly. ISBN 978-0871879219. Kenez, Peter (1999). A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31198-5. Lenin, Vladimir (1920). Collected Works. Vol. 31. p. 516.
Circa 1972-73, many Chinese or Chinese-sounding place names in the Russian Far East were replaced with Russian-sounding ones. in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , renamings (often for restoration of original names) happened, although infrequently.
Fyodor Tolbukhin, World War II Soviet marshal, liberated Bulgaria and Yugoslavia; Michael Barclay de Tolly, field marshal, led a strategic retreat during the French invasion of Russia, led Russian Army to Paris in the War of the Sixth Coalition; Gennady Troshev, chief general during the Second Chechen War, Hero of Russia
While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts and revolutions related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks). [1] [2]
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...