It launched Sputnik 1, the world's first satellite.
The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 after the Russian Revolution in October of 1917. It was officially dissolved on 25th December 1991.
Alexey Kosygin succeeded Nikita Krushchev as leader of the Soviet Union on October 14, 1964.
Sputnik 1 was lauched on October 4 1957 by Russia.
It was called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) immediately after the October Revolution. The "Soviet Union" was actually a different nation than the RSFSR. The Soviet Union was formed by the union of four separate republics: the RSFSR, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasian Federation a federation of the countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) when they entered into the Treaty of the Soviet Union in 1923 and it was ratified in 1924.
Right after the October Revolution, in 1918 Russia was renamed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1922 it joined with the republics of Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Soviet Union. "Russia" was not simply renamed the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 after the Russian Revolution in October of 1917. It was officially dissolved on 25th December 1991.
Alexey Kosygin succeeded Nikita Krushchev as leader of the Soviet Union on October 14, 1964.
The Soviet Union was the first country to reach space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
The Soviet Union was the first country to orbit the Earth when it launched the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
It gained independence from the Soviet Union in October 18, 1991 .
It was released by the Soviet Union on October 4th, 1957.
September 14, 1953 - October 14, 1964 .
It gained independence from the Soviet Union in October 18, 1991 .
Sputnik 1 was lauched on October 4 1957 by Russia.
no, its not! The Soviet Union is Russia.
It was called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) immediately after the October Revolution. The "Soviet Union" was actually a different nation than the RSFSR. The Soviet Union was formed by the union of four separate republics: the RSFSR, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasian Federation a federation of the countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) when they entered into the Treaty of the Soviet Union in 1923 and it was ratified in 1924.