This is your annual public service reminder that Soviet Union was an ally of Nazi Germany, and they jointly attacked Poland in September 1939. As they had agreed on August 23rd. For USSR aggression against the Baltic States was next, followed by attack against Finland. #History #SovietUnion #NaziGermany #PL #RU #EE #LV #LT #FN
On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union treacherously attacked Poland, joining forces with Germany https://t.co/4oodqTSLVt #History #Poland #SovietUnion #RU #PL #DE
On Sept. 17, #1939, #Soviet Union joined #Germany, as partner in #crime, in a brutal attack on #Poland. The Kremlin is also culpable for #WWII. The notorious #Ribbentrop-Molotov pact prejudged #WWII. Till 1941 #Moscow and #Berlin waged a war on Poland hand in hand, dragging https://t.co/cYUbyCP0WY #SovietUnion #Germany #WWII #RU #DE #PL
1986: THE OIL SHOCK THAT HELPED BREAK THE SOVIET EMPIRE 🇺🇸🇸🇦 The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and entered a costly war that drained men, money and political credibility. At the same time, Moscow depended heavily on oil and gas exports for the hard currency it needed https://t.co/V47KC4W41g #OilShock #SovietUnion #History #US #SA
PUTIN NEVER FORGOT 1986. The Soviet Union was not defeated by oil alone — but the Saudi production surge and the collapse in world oil prices dealt Moscow a devastating financial blow at exactly the moment when the USSR was already under enormous economic, military and political https://t.co/eF5PRs54qb #Putin #SovietUnion #OilCrisis #RU #SA
In the Soviet Union, there were two realities: the "official" reality and then the reality on the ground. Russia has revived this same system. #SovietUnion #Russia #RealityCheck #RU #SU
I ACCUSE SOVIET RUSSIA — IRAN 1979 I accuse the Soviet Union of supporting the forces that helped destroy the Shah’s pro-Western Iran and of exploiting the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini as a historic strategic defeat for the West. The fall of the Shah did not happen in a https://t.co/oPJdvyMTj1 #SovietUnion #Iran1979 #Khomeini #RU #IR
Do never trust imperial Russia(ns) - "The special character of these mutual assistance pacts in no way implies any interference of the Soviet Union in the affairs of Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, as some foreign newspapers are trying to make out. On the contrary, all these pacts #ImperialRussia #SovietUnion #BalticStates #RU #EE #LV #LT
Saw this sentence in an Estonian newspaper about how 192 Estonians were executed by the Soviet Union in one night in 1941: “The victims were shot in the head with a pistol, mostly in the face.” #neverforget #estonia #sovietunion #ussr #russia https://t.co/HvlxOYVq0P #neverforget #estonia #sovietunion #EE #RU #SU
5 July 1945 marked the moment when the West finally abandoned the legitimate Polish Government-in-Exile based in London. On that day, the United States and the United Kingdom recognized the Soviet-imposed Provisional Government of National Unity, while simultaneously closing #Poland #History #SovietUnion #PL #US #GB #RU
Putin is wrong. For Russia, the crisis in Ukraine began immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. #UkraineCrisis #PutinWrong #SovietUnionCollapse #RU #UA
Il maiale del Cremlino 🇷🇺: «Dopo il collasso dell'Unione Sovietica, pensavamo di unirci rapidamente al mondo occidentale civilizzato>. E invece dopo 40 anni cagate ancora in giardino, mangiate bucce di patate e avete la rete stradale del Congo. https://t.co/ajy31EVhsY #Russia #SovietUnion #WesternWorld
Joachim Gauck betonte bei der Gedenkfeier in Dresden die ambivalente Rolle der Sowjetunion im Kontext des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs und forderte ein ehrliches Erinnern an den 8. Mai, wobei er auf die komplizierte Beziehung der Ostdeutschen zu den ehemaligen Befreiern und späteren Unterdrückern hinwies. #Memory #SovietUnion #GermanyHistory
The article discusses the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred 40 years ago, highlighting the Soviet Union's efforts to conceal information about the catastrophic nuclear explosion that released massive amounts of radiation across the Northern Hemisphere, ultimately leading to significant health impacts and long-lasting consequences, while emphasizing the psychological and political complexities surrounding the incident and its role in the eventual dissolution of the USSR. #Chernobyl #NuclearDisaster #SovietUnion
The article discusses the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, highlighting how the Soviet Union attempted to cover up the truth about the nuclear catastrophe, which released vast amounts of radiation and resulted in widespread exposure across Europe, while also reflecting on the long-lasting implications of the tragedy for the Soviet regime and the eventual fall of the USSR. #Chernobyl #NuclearDisaster #SovietUnion
