Hero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, IPA:) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both to civilian and military persons. OverviewThe award was established on 16 April 1934, by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
Komsomolskaya PravdaKomsomolskaya Pravda (Russian: Комсомольская правда; lit.'Komsomol Truth') is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper that was founded in 1925. Its name is in reference to the official Soviet newspaper Pravda (English: 'Truth'). History and profileDuring the Soviet era, Komsomolskaya Pravda was an all-union newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
World War IIGlobal conflict from 1939 to 1945BelligerentsAlliesAxisCommanders and leadersMain Allied leaders: Joseph StalinFranklin D. RooseveltWinston ChurchillChiang Kai-shekMain Axis leaders: Adolf HitlerHirohitoBenito MussoliniCasualties and losses 60–75 million deaths (military and civilian) World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Vladimir LeninVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism.
Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries.
Hero of Socialist LabourThe Hero of Socialist Labour (Russian: Герой Социалистического Труда, romanized: Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievements in Soviet industry and culture.
East GermanyEast Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist workers' and peasants' state.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union.
PlatinumPlatinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish platina, a diminutive of plata "silver". Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. It has six naturally occurring isotopes.
October RevolutionSecond of two 1917 revolutions in RussiaBelligerentsBolsheviksLeft Socialist-RevolutionariesAnarchistsRussian RepublicCommanders and leadersVladimir LeninLeon TrotskyLev KamenevVladimir OvseenkoPavel DybenkoYakov SverdlovAlexander KerenskyPyotr KrasnovStrength10,000 Red sailors20,000–30,000 Red Guard soldiersUnknown number of workers500–1,000 volunteer soldiers1,000 soldiers of the women's battalionCasualties and losses Few Red Guard soldiers wounded All imprisoned or desertedRed Guard unit of the Vulkan factory in Petrograd, October 1917Bolshevik (1920) by Boris KustodievThe New York Times headline from 9 November 1917The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), October coup, Bolshevik coup, Bolshevik Revolution, and occasionally the November Revolution, was the second of two revolutions in Russia in 1917.
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet UnionGoverning body of the USSR, 1922–1938 Central Executive Committee of the USSRЦентральный исполнительный комитет СССР Soviet UnionTypeTypeBicameral HistoryEstablished1922Disbanded1938Preceded byNone (creation of a new state)Succeeded byPresidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet UnionElectionsSoviet of the Union voting systemIndirect election; elected by the All-Union Congress of SovietsSoviet of Nationalities voting systemIndirect election; elected by the union and autonomous republics and approved by the All-Union Congress of SovietsMeeting placeKremlin Senate The Central Executive Committee of the USSR (‹See TfM›Russian: Центральный исполнительный комитет СССР, IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj ɪspɐɫˈnʲitʲɪlʲnɨj kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɛsɛsɛsˈɛr]), which may be abbreviated as the CEC (‹See TfM›Russian: ЦИК, IPA: [tsɨk]), was the supreme governing body of the USSR in between sessions of the All-Union Congress of Soviets from 1922 to 1938.
Romanization of RussianThe romanization of the Russian language (the transliteration of Russian text from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script), aside from its primary use for including Russian names and words in text written in a Latin alphabet, is also essential for computer users to input Russian text who either do not have a keyboard or word processor set up for inputting Cyrillic, or else are not capable of typing rapidly using a native Russian keyboard layout (JCUKEN).
Chernobyl disaster1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet UnionOn 26 April 1986, reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded. With dozens of direct casualties and thousands of health complications stemming from the disaster, it is one of only two nuclear accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, which happened in Japan.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.