As of today: March 12, 1921 – Lenin announces the new economic policy
THE Law of winter 1920-1921 proved to the Bolsheviks leadership that the…
Like today: March 5, 1953 – Stalin dies
After the death of Lenin in January 1924, his aspiring successors to…
On This Day: January 4, 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to approach the Moon
Luna 1 was the first of a series of Soviet spaceships which…
On This Day: December 25, 1991 – The Soviet Union dissolves
When the Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the duties of general secretary of the…
On this day: November 12, 1982 – G. Andropov in the leadership of the CPSU
The period during which Leonid Brezhnev was at the helm of the…
