History Stroll: Episode 114 - The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Day the Superpower That Divided the World Disappeared

December 25, 1991. The red flag of the Soviet Union was lowered from the Kremlin in Moscow. After World War II, the Soviet Union was a superpower that, alongside the United States, divided the world ...

[History Comprehensive Lecture Notes] #117 The Collapse of the Soviet Union

In the latter half of the 20th century, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) was a massive state that, alongside the United States, divided the world and exerted influence globally ...
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Russia was building a nuclear supercarrier to match the US Nimitz-class — the USSR collapsed and Ukraine scrapped it at 40 percent complete

The Soviet Union began construction on the Project 1143.7 Ulyanovsk in late 1988. The Ulyanovsk was designed to be a nuclear-powered supercarrier matching the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class. The ship was ...