Collapse Of The Soviet Union

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Military ranks of the Soviet Union - The military ranks of the Soviet Union were those introduced after the October Revolution of 1917. From then the Imperial Table of Ranks was abolished, as was the right of the pre Soviet nobility to acquire personal ranks or special rights assigned to them previously. Soviet ranks were ...

Religion in the Soviet Union - Prior to its collapse in late 1991, official figures on religion in the Soviet Union were not available. But according to various Soviet and Western sources, over one-third of the people in the Soviet Union, an officially atheistic state, professed religious belief.

Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union - Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the Former USSR that recognized achievements and personal accomplishments in both military and civil. All the awards, decorations, and orders were discontinued in December 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

History of the Soviet Union - The History of the Soviet Union commences with the Russian Revolution of 1917 in an effort to implement communism by Vladimir Lenin on a large scale, until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 when its central government was dissolved.

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Lecture by Ernest Gellner - QuickTime movie of a speech delivered by Gellner in 1989 describing the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Project on Ethnic Relations - ... of the serious interethnic conflicts that were to erupt following the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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