The leader of the Soviet Union during this time was Mikhail Gorbachev, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985 until 1991. He is known for his policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which aimed to reform the political and economic system. Gorbachev's leadership ultimately contributed to significant changes in Eastern Europe and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
They were on our side during World War 2.
Yes.
yes, because the ussr stands for the united soviet socialists republics
The Soviet Union ended up fighting on the same side as the Allies during World War II primarily due to Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, which shattered the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. Faced with a common enemy, the USSR joined forces with the Allies, including the United States and the United Kingdom, to combat the Axis powers. This alliance was largely pragmatic, as the survival of the Soviet state was at stake, despite the ideological differences between the communist USSR and the capitalist Allies.
In the post-World War II era, different value-systems, world-views, and socio-political ideals were the the main causes of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. As a communist country, the Soviet Union's basic commitments were quite different from the democratic-republican commitments of America. At the same time, the Soviet Union's tremendous suffering during both world wars affected its aggressive foreign (and domestic) policy during the Cold War, as well.
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They were on our side during World War 2.
Yes. The US and the Soviet Union were allies during both world wars.
In 1971, the leader of the Soviet Union was Leonid Brezhnev, who held the title of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He became the de facto leader after the death of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 and remained in power until his death in 1982. The Soviet Union was a one-party state, and the position of President did not exist in the same way as in many other countries.
This may be nit-picking, but it probably would not be for natives of the several former Soviet Socialist Republics. Russia and the Soviet Union were actually never "the same". It's a little like asking 'During what years were England and Great Britain the same?' The term 'Russia' was often used as a commonly understood but not entirely accurate way of refering to the Soviet Union, in much the same way that the term 'America' is widely but inaccurately used to refer to the US. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics existed from about 1918 until 1991. See link for more details.
The Suez Canal crisis
The Kaiser was the leader of Germany during WW1 (it means leader the same as Caesar and Czar), but he wasn't much of a participant.
Yes.
No former Soviet republics have legalized same-sex marriage.
It was the same as during the entire Soviet era, all red with a sickle and hammer in the top left corner
Britain, France and the Soviet Union were on the same side during World War 2
A soviet republic was a territory of the union (much like states today). USSR (soviet union) stands for "Union of Socialist Soviet Republics"