Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, the First President of USSR.
The USSR or modern-day Russia (USSR / Russia both refer to modern day Russia. The USSR was Russia's old name. ) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_9
The capital of present day Russia is Moscow.
Leningrad, USSR modern day St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia became a democracy in 1991 under the leadership of Vladimir Putin. They changed from being a communist nation and became a democratic country with Yeltsin becoming the first president.
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It did not change its name. The USSR referred to not just Russia but a collection of countries, which together were called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. That was between 1922 and 1991. In 1991 they split up, leaving Russia on its own again, being one of 15 countries.
Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the USSR resigned on 25th December 1991.--Swaroop Atnoorkar,Mumbai, Maharashtra,India.
Examples include present-day United Kingdom, Russia, Nigeria, and India, each having various ethnicites within a single state border. The USSR and Yugoslavia were former multinational states.
Firstly, they weren't countries they were 2 "Superpowers" of The USA (America) and The USSR (Russia), the war is considered "Cold" due to the fact that there was no actual fighting involved between the two, merely wars that they meddled with, Korea and Vietnam being prime examples.
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Moscow, pronounced in Russian as "Moskva"
Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia, present day Udmurtia, Russia, on May 7th, 1840,