Learn about the culture of the Buriat people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine actions and interactions during the Regan administration and their impact on the Cold War.

Learn about the culture of the Balkar people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Learn why there is no reliable information about the culture of the Ainu people in Russia.

Learn about the culture of the Tabasaran people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the impact of relationships between ideas, people, and events across time and place. To accomplish this, they evaluate the causes and consequences of the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart after reading Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss to explain totalitarian governments and dictators. The chart explains the time before World War II through Italy, Spain, USSR, Japan, and...

Detailed information on Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.

Learn about the Helsinki Accords, a series of agreements that were signed in August 1975 by leaders of the USA, the USSR, and 35 nations who were members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact that dealt with three main issues of cooperation,...

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the United States and the USSR resulted in the SALT Treaty in 1972.

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was the United States response to possible nuclear attacks set up to develop an advanced anti-ballistic missile system to enable the United States to prevent missile attacks from the USSR and other...

Outline explaining and analyzing the USSR's declaration of war on Japan.

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.

This site provides insight into the shortage of housing that occurred in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign.

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.

Essay describing the events surrounding the formation of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact in 1939. From a non-English site, but this particular page is English-only.

Kids learn about the history of the Collapse of the Soviet Union which put an end to the Cold War.

One of the most remarkable foreign policies of the 20th century, Nixon pursued detente in hopes of easing tensions with the Communist world.

Overview of the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s ushered in by Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms.

This site from the University of Groningen summarizes political turning points of 1956, giving detail on the Soviet and American political desires shown in their responses to Israel's attack of Egypt.

This article briefly describes the purges through which Stalin gained his total control over almost every aspect of Soviet life.

This site from the Library of Congress shows that among the victims of the Great Terror were artists and intellectuals who were required to promote the socialist consciousness under Stalin.

This site from Ibiblio.org provides information on the many different aspects of the cold war. Includes information on the Soviet prospective, post-war estrangement, and the Cuban missile crisis.

This site provides a brief biography of Joseph Stalin from his brief studies at Tiflis Orthodox Theological Seminary to his brutal, dictatorial reign over the Soviet Union from 1924 - 1953.