This question is too broad, the Soviet Union spanned for almost 70 years. I will be happy to answer a more specific question.
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A group of communistic countries, under the rule of the Soviet Union, that were located in Europe and blocked the Soviet Union from European attacks.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, huge openings formed in Europe. Many Christian missionaries went all throughout former soviet-europe and russia sharing the Gospel. The government invited Christians into schools, encouraged church-planting, and was very positive toward missionaries because they had been so deprived of religion during the soviet rule. Thousands of people became Christians in Europe after the Soviet Union collapsed.
THE SOVIET UNION!!!!!!
Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union and under him the totalitarian system was established.
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The Soviet Union (or Russia)
A group of communistic countries, under the rule of the Soviet Union, that were located in Europe and blocked the Soviet Union from European attacks.
Estonia unwillingly became communist when it fell under rule of the Soviet Union during WWII (1940) up until the 1990s. Most Eastern European countries who came under Soviet rule opposed communism.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, huge openings formed in Europe. Many Christian missionaries went all throughout former soviet-europe and russia sharing the Gospel. The government invited Christians into schools, encouraged church-planting, and was very positive toward missionaries because they had been so deprived of religion during the soviet rule. Thousands of people became Christians in Europe after the Soviet Union collapsed.
The result of the rise to power of Nikita Khrushchev was he became the leader of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Nikita Khrushchev was leader of the Soviet Union in the early to mid-1960s.
They broke free of the Soviet Union's rule
That the Soviet Union Should rule over everybody!
THE SOVIET UNION!!!!!!
Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union and under him the totalitarian system was established.
The Soviet Union was already communist during the cold war. Stalin rose and took power as a dictator and he was a communist. Therefore, under communist rule, all of Soviet Russia was forced to become communist.
Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, had a significant impact on the country. Under his rule, the Soviet Union experienced rapid industrialization and modernization, but also widespread repression, purges, and human rights abuses. Stalin's policies led to the deaths of millions of people through forced labor camps, executions, and famines. His rule also centralized power in the government and established a cult of personality around himself.