Leonid Brezhnev: The Man Behind the Soviet Union’s Political and Economic Stability

Russian Notables: A Series in Discovering the Spirit of Russia Leonid Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union…

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The Man Who Helped Avoid World War III: Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Vasili Archipov, Jim Forest, Flickr Nagasaki Bomb, Picryl, Public Domain The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.…

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