The History Place
The History Place: The Nazi Soviet Pact
This site from The History Place provides a photo and caption of the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. Includes a text copy of the agreement, with links to additional information.
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The Origins of the Korean War: From the Soviet Archives
Three conclusions brought on by newly unclassified documents from the Soviet archives. Offers new interpretations on the beginning of the Korean War, including Stalin's opposition to war.
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Hellenic Resources Network: Helsinki Final Act 1975
This primary document is a copy of the Helsinki Agreements of 1975 which recognized the borders in central and Eastern Europe that were set up since the end of WWII. They show the acceptance of the Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. and...
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
This site gives a clear, succinct look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, its causes, and the results. See how direct and indirect communication between President Kennedy and Soviet leader, Nikita Khruschev, resolved this potentially horrific...
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The Space Race
Although the space race was originally a competition between two Cold War foes,it ultimately resulted in many benefits for the people of the Earth. Find information on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, and Soviet space programs,...
Yale University
Avalon Project: The U2 Incident 1960
Collection of primary documents released by Soviet and American governments regarding the downing of an American military spy plane flown by Gary Powers over the USSR.
Council of Foreign Relations
Foreign Affairs: The Cold War Reopened
In his article entitled "Inside Enemy Archives: The Cold War Reopened," Melvyn Leffler discusses the ramifications of archival documents from the Russians on the Cold War era. Can Soviet actions during that time be viewed in a different...
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Belarus
This site from the CIA World Factbook connects to "The World Factbook" page of the country Belarus, former Soviet state. Students must first click on "Country Listing" and then scroll down to Belarus.
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Hoover Institution: Documents From the Terror
Documents from the Hoover Institution detailing the gruesome details of the "reign of terror" that Stalin instituted against the Soviet people from 1936 to 1938 with some earlier and later accounts.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: World War Ii Wartime Alliance
History article describes the fragile relationship between the Soviet Union and the Allies during World War II.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Perestroika Defined (1987)
Perestroika, as defined by Mikhail Gorbachev. This excerpt includes the many definitions and applications of the concept of perestroika when used to describe the internal reforms of the Soviet Union that occurred during the 1980s.
Library of Congress
Loc: Early Cooperation: Economic Cooperation
This resource from the Library of Congress details the early economic cooperative arrangements between the former Soviet Union and the United States. The site links to other information regarding this topic.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: George H. W. Bush
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at the several presidents and their actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on George Bush to see and hear his speech about the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ends.
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Master & Margarita Housing Shortage
This site provides insight into the shortage of housing that occurred in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Joseph Stalin, (1879 1953)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Stalin and his tyrannical, brutal reign of the Soviet Union during WWII until his death in 1953.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Evil Empire
Brief article on the "Evil Empire," a term used by Ronald Reagan to describe the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Arms Race
Kids learn about the history of the Arms Race during the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union building nuclear weapons stockpiles.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Space Race
Kids learn the history of the Space Race during the Cold War. A race between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Published in 1962 in the Soviet Union/Russia, this book although a work of fiction, discusses in detail the gulag system, a type of prison that existed in Russia. In this carefully researched site find out more about the prison and the...
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Cvce: Demonstration Against the Dismantling of Industry
This image and short description illustrate the German peoples' reactions to the dismantling of their industries by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography: Joseph Stalin for Kids
A website containing the biography of Joseph Stalin who was the leader of the communist Soviet Union during World War II and beyond.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Glasnost
Learn about the policy of Glasnost that was used by Mikhail Gorbachev to bring reforms to the Soviet Union.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Apollo Soyuz: Space Age Detente
In July 1975, the first joint Soviet-American spacecraft docking took place. In this activity, students will analyze the way that government officials in both the United States and the Soviet Union valued space exploration for more than...
University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of Russia
This outstanding collection of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the Soviet Union as well as the former Soviet Republics, and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief...
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