Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, (hist. nation, Eurasia)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Russia, or Sojuz Sovetskich Socialisticeskich Respublik, or Sovetskij Sojuz, or Sovetsky Soyuz, or Soviet Union, or Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, or U.S.S.R. (hist. nation, Eurasia)

MICROPAEDIA
MACROPAEDIA
agriculture and fishing
- agricultural economics
- agricultural planning
- commercial fishing
- farm management [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
- honey production
- land reform [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- whaling industry
- work organization
arts
- aesthetics
- architecture
  - modern
- Central Asian arts [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- dance [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- literature: see Russian literature [Cross ref]
- motion pictures [Ref 1], [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
- music
  - ballet music
  - Shostakovich
- restrictions [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- theatre [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]; [Ref 3], [Ref 4]
  - biomechanics
  - productions [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
Central Asian cultures
commerce, industry, and mining
- aerospace
- Arctic
- fairs
- industrialization [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  - synthetic rubber industry
- international trade [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
communications
- book publishing
- broadcasting [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
- magazine publishing
- news agencies
- newspaper publishing
- postal system
- propaganda
- Tass
customs and traditions
- Eskimo
- national anthem
economics, finance, and currency
- banks and banking
- coins and coinage
- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- economic planning [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]; [Ref 4]
- foreign aid
- government finance
- International Bank for Economic Cooperation
- marketing
- private enterprise
- sales and excise taxes
- war finance
education
- Communist education
- encyclopaedias
- minority education
- religious education prohibitions
- teacher's unions
government
- censorship [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- civil service [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  - public administration
- concentration camps
- dictatorship of the proletariat
- diplomacy [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
- electoral process
- ethnolinguistic political units
- local government
- police systems
- Politburo
- political science
- preventive detention
health and welfare
- medicine
  - clinic
  - dentistry
  - general and occupational care [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- public health services [Ref 1], [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
- social welfare services
- speech pathology
history before 1917: see Russia
history from 1917 to 1991
- Afghanistan [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  - Afghan war [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Badakhshan
  - Carter
  - Farah
  - Kabul
- American containment
- Austria
- balance of power
- Balkans
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Moldova [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3], [Ref 4]
  - Romania [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Yugoslavia [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- Baltic states [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Estonia [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]; [Ref 3]
  - Latvia [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Lithuania
- Bandung Conference
- Belarus [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- Berlin blockade and airlift [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- Bessarabia
- Central Asia [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  - Kazakhstan [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Kyrgyzstan [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Tajikistan [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  - Turkistan
  - Turkmenistan
  - Uzbekistan [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- China
  - air transportation
  - Chiang Kai-Shek
  - education system
  - Heilungkiang
  - Liaoning
  - Mao Zedong [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  - People's Republic of China [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - republican period [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Sun Yat-Sen
  - Ussuri River border dispute
- Churchill
- Cold War [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
- collectivization
- communism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Leningrad Affair
  - Leninism
  - National Communism
- coup attempt: see Soviet Coup of 1991 [Cross ref]
- Cuba [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  - Castro
  - Havana
  - missile crisis
- Curzon Line
- Czechoslovakia [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  - Dubcek
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]; [Ref 3]
- Ethiopian-Somalian conflict [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
- Far Eastern Republic
- Finland [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3] passim to [Ref 4]
  - Kekkonen
- Galicia
- Geneva Accords
- Germany [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Berlin
  - Hitler
- Helsinki Accords
- Hungary [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]; [Ref 3] passim to [Ref 4]
  - Budapest
  - Nagy
- India [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
- industrialization
- Iraq
- Iron Curtain
- Israel
- Japan
- Katyn Massacre
- Kiev
- Kissinger
- Korea [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3] passim to [Ref 4]
- Korean War
- Kursk Battle
- Laos
- Lenin [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- Lumumba
- Manchuria
- Marshall Plan
- Marxism
- Mongolia
- Munich Agreement
- nationalism
- NATO
- 1917 Revolution: see Russian Revolution of 1917 [Cross ref]
- Norway
- Oder-Neisse Line
- Palestine [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
- Pan-Turkism
- Poland [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Russo-Polish War: see Russo-Polish War [Cross ref]
- pre-World War II international relations [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
- Reza Shah Pahlavi
- Russian Civil War
- Ruthenians
- Sadat
- Socialist International
- Spanish Civil War [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- sphere of influence
- Stalin
- Stresemann
- Third International
- Transcaucasia
- treaties
  - Antarctic Treaty [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Anti-Comintern Pact
  - Brest-Litovsk treaties
  - Dumbarton Oaks Conference
  - German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
  - Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
  - Moscow Treaty
  - Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty
  - Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
  - Outer Space Treaty
- Truman Doctrine
- Turkey
  - Enver Pasa
- U-2 affair
- Ukraine [Ref 1], [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
  - security council
- U.S. [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - beginnings of East-West division
- Vietnam
- Warsaw Uprising
- World War I
- World War II [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3] passim to [Ref 4]
  - Barbarossa
  - concurrent diplomatic relations [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  - Potsdam Conference
  - resistance movements
  - Russo-Finnish War [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  - Siege of Leningrad
  - Tehran Conference
  - Yalta Conference
- Yemen
- for an outline of the history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics see PROPAEDIA: Sections 963; 971; 972
labour laws
legal system: see Soviet law [Cross ref]
military affairs
- armour
- arms control
- attack aircraft
- battalion
- chemical weapons
- conscription
- fortifications
- global logistics
- intelligence operations
- military strategy
- nuclear deterrence
- nuclear weapons [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
- radar
- rockets
- socialist theories
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
- tanks
- training
- Warsaw Pact
physical geography
- Carboniferous System
population and demography
- deportations
religion
- church and state
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Islam
- Jewish emigration
- Judaism
- Protestantism
  - Baptists
  - Mennonites
- Ukrainian Catholic Church
science and technology
- Moscow zoo
- nuclear power reactors
- satellite communication
- space exploration [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- thermoelectricity research
- unnilquadium research
- weather modification [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
social issues
- abortion [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
- forced labour
- socialism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
sports and recreation
- boxing
- circus
- shooting
- volleyball
transportation
- air-cushion vehicles
- canal system
- roads and highways
see also republics, cities, and significant people and historical events by name