This economic history of the Soviet Union examines the eras of Lenin and Stalin and postwar policy under Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and the reform period of Gorbachev.

President Woodrow Wilson, in his hope that World War I was the war to end all wars, issued his Fourteen Points almost one year before the end of the war as a bluepoint to guarantee peace across the world. Read a summary of the points and...

This timeline traces the devolution of the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union from the end of World War II, where these two countries were allies, albeit suspicious of each other, and almost a year after the end of...

Discusses the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria, and its relation to the arms industry in Bulgaria and the effects on arms trading today.

This site from the Modern History Sourcebook which is provided for the the Fordham University gives excerpts from Winston Churchill's famous speech where he coined the term "Iron Curtain."

This site examines the Soviet economic system during its Marxist period as an example of a planned economy.

An outstanding site that gives a complete look at Russia. Links to information about the culture, society, history, language, government, elections, economics, and literature. Some sites are in Russian.

Geographia presents a brief political and social history of Russia from the beginning of Soviet rule to the resignation of Gorbachev in 1990.

This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.

A lengthy lecture-format page with key points of the development and emergence of the Cold War. Includes many useful links within the content.

A great overview of the economic policies implemented in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1985. Describes collectivization, economic priorities, successes, and failures. Readers will come away with a sound understanding of Soviet...

A description of policies enacted in the Soviet Union prior to World War II by dictator Joseph Stalin.

This overview of Soviet economic policy after WWII looks at the command or planned economies and decisions of Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev.

A very comprehensive look at the centrally planned economy of Russia. Examines how such an economy functions and the priorities set forth by government and government control.

The Congress of People's Deputies was a Russian representative body (legislature) created during the Gorbachev era. This is an excellent article describing how the body was formed, membership, and responsibilities.

Describes the alliances that were forming between countries in the lead-up to the outbreak of World War II, the negotiations between Hitler and Mussolini, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed by Germany and Russia.

This is a full-length book on the US Army involvement in the first year of the Korean War.

Images of Phobos, taken by the Soviet Phobos mission to Mars, prior to the loss of the spacecraft. Small images do not link to graphic files.

Chronology of major events in Nazi-Soviet relations from 1939 to 1941.

Contains letters of correspondence of Roosevelt and Truman with Stalin on Lend Lease and other aid to the Soviet Union.

This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides a list of numerous links to sources covering a broad range of topics on Stalin.

Images of the New York Times from December 26, 1991 depicting the fall of the Soviet Union and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Thousands of Russians volunteered their services to the Germans in their war against the Soviet Union. This article discusses the various volunteer units organized.

A national profile of Moldova providing a brief overview of the country's political and economic condition highlighting the conflict over the Trans-Dniester region.