soviet union
- n a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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- Today in History
Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year. On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.
June 19, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Let's have the surveillance state debate
One diverting aspect of The Guardian-inspired hullaballoo over NSA surveillance has been watching people bicker about it on Facebook. In the old Soviet Union, people walked in the woods or hid in the bathroom with the faucets running to whisper forbidden thoughts. Here in the USA, people post them online along with cute kitten videos and photos of Reuben sandwiches. by Gene Lyons One diverting ...
June 19, 2013 - Arkansas Times - Elsewhere at the Air Show...
While nobody was watching, Russia’s Sukhoi was experiencing delays with its SuperJet, the first new airliner from the factories that once were part of the Soviet Union’s powerful aviation complex. But Tuesday the company delivered its first jet to a Western client, Mexico’s Interje
June 18, 2013 - Seattle Times