maszyny: Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, with the largest and most populous being the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). The world's flagship communist state, it was governed by the Communist Party under Marxism–Leninism, through soviet councils. The Soviet economy was also centrally planned. Its capital and largest city was Mosc…

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Demographic features of the population of the Soviet Union include vital statistics, ethnicity, religious affiliations, education level, health of the populace, and other aspects of the population. During its existence from 1922 until 1991, the Soviet Union had one of the largest populations in the world. When the last census was taken in 1989, the USSR had the third largest in the world with over 285 million citizens, behind China and India. The former nation was a federal union of national republics, home to hundreds of different ethnicities. By the time the Soviet Union dissolved, Russians were the largest ethnic group by making up nearly 51% of the country. The remaining 49% of Soviet c…

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This list of countries by largest historical GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen both rises and falls in relative terms of the economies of other countries.

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Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, known as the A–A line. The attack became the largest and costliest military offensive in human history, with around 10 million combatants taking part in the opening phase and over 8 million casualties by the end of the operation on 5 December 1941. It marked a major escalation of World War II, opened the Eastern Front—the largest…

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Tea intake among adults in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study.. Tea is the world's second most consumed beverage, yet comprehensive global data on intake patterns remain limited. Using individual-level dietary data from the Global Dietary Database 2018, encompassing 1224 surveys across 185 countries, we assessed tea intake among adults aged ≥20 years from 1990 to 2018, stratified by age, sex, education, and urbanicity. In 2018, estimated global mean intake was 6.18 cups/week (95% uncertainty interval: 5.66-6.82), with threefold regional variation ranging from 3.85 cups/week in Latin America and the Caribbean to 8.95 in the Middle East and North Africa. The highest n…

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The Soviet Union in The Third World: Successes and Failures

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The Soviet Union and the Third World from Khrushchev to Gorbachev: the place of the Third World in evolving Soviet global strategy

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Schizophrenia Literacy among Former Soviet Union Immigrants: A Cross-Generational Perspective on Knowledge, Trust, and Stigma.. Several studies in Western countries have found that first- and second-generation immigrants have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia. Mental health literacy can facilitate help-seeking and prevent chronic mental conditions. This study explores cross-generational differences in schizophrenia literacy among immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in Israel. Data were collected using a cross-sectional online survey of 405 respondents who self-identified as first-generation, 1.5-generation, or second-generation FSU immigrants. Questions about schizophr…

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Implementation of a Hepatitis C Screening Program for At-Risk Former Soviet-Bloc Immigrants in a Large Health Maintenance Organization.. Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. In 2021, Israel's Ministry of Health launched a national program to screen high-risk populations, especially immigrants from former Soviet Union countries, aiming to reduce HCV-related morbidity and mortality. This study evaluates the success of Maccabi Health Services (MHS) in implementing the screening program before and after the intervention, focusing on detection, treatment, and cure rates. Methods A retrospective interrupted time-series cohort study was conducted among…

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On 26 December 1991, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union's federal government and to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political and economic stagnation. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted from several factors: chronic economic stagnation, the unsustainable financial burden of the arms race with the United States and foreign conflicts, intense ethnic nationalism and separatism within its union republics, and the destabilizing effects of Gorbachev's reforms (particu…

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ALTHOUGH the energy resources of the Soviet Union are the largest of any country in the world, energy problems are occurring in the Soviet Union because of escalating domestic demand, rising production costs, long- term and new commitments and opportunities for export, and inadequate proven reserve…. almost one-sixth of the land surface of the earth and embraces the countries of Eastern Europe. In this vast territory, a key dichotomy exists between the highly industrialized, densely settled portion and the thinly populated, forbidding eastern section, Siberia. The European portion of the Soviet Union, lying to the west of the Ural Mountains, contains 75 to 80 percent of the Soviet populatio…

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Soiuz and Symbolic Union: Representations of Unity in Soviet Symbolism. “Soiuz” in Russian means “union” — a key word in the formal name of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Once the world’s largest state, the Soviet Union comprised 15 republics and more than 100 distinct ethnic groups. The country celebrated its diversity while at the same time emphasizing the unity of all Soviet peoples. Throughout the 1922–1991 history of the USSR a highlydeveloped system of symbolic representations was used to portray the strength of the union. For example, the state emblem visually bound the Soviet republics to the state through a heraldic ribbon using all the titular languages of the republics.…