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São Vicente
Many toponyms in Portuguese speaking countries are named after Saint Vincent, São Vicente in Portuguese: In ..
São Vicente, Cape Verde
For other uses, see São Vicente (disambiguation) São Vicente Elevation: 2,379 ft (725 m) Coordinates: [16°51′0″N, 24°58′0″W] Location: Cape Verde Islands Range: Type: Stratovolcano São Vicente (Portuguese for "Saint Vincent"), also Sanvicente or Sanvcênt in Cap..
São Vicente, Madeira
São Vicente Coat of Arms Map Statistics Region: Madeira Islands District: Madeira Island Population: 6,198 2001 Area: 78.7 km² Density 78.8/km² Altitude: Lowest: Atlantic OceanCentre: 271 m (892 ft)Highest: - Number of parishes: 3 São Vicente (pron. IPA ..
São Vicente, São Paulo
> Statistics State: São Paulo Metropolitan Region: Baixada Santista Founded: January 22, 1532 Location: 23.950195 S, 46.343765 W Area: 148 km² Population: 321,474 (2003) Population density: 2,172.12/km² Postal code: 11300-xxx Area/distance code: 13 We..
São Vicente (Abrantes)
São Vicente São Vicente is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Abrantes, in district of Santarém. It composed the northern part of the city of Abrantes. The parish has a population of 10,698 inhabitants and a total area of 38.64 Km². It is the most populated parish in the mu..
São Vicente Crioulo language
Headline text The São Vicente Crioulo, locally Kriol de Soncente (crioulo de São Vicente in Portuguese), is the variant of Capeverdean creole spoken in the São Vicente Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento (Kriol) branch of the phylum. Examples of Kriol de Soncente Kriol de Son..
São Vicente Ferreira
São Vicente Ferreira is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,664, its density is 146.4/km² and the area is 11.37 km². The main industry are agriculture. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north and the land is to the south. It is located in the northw..
São Vicente Ferrer
There are parishes that have the name São Vicente Ferrer (first part, Portuguese for Saint Vincent) in Brazil: São Vicente Ferrer, PernambucoSão Vicente Ferrer, Maranhão This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred ..
São Vicente Ferrer, Maranhão
São Vicente Ferrer is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. It is located at 2°53'39" S latitude, 44°52'49" W longitude at an elevation of 16 meters. In 2004, its estimated populations was 19,448 inhabitants. ..
São Vicente Ferrer, Pernambuco
São Vicente Ferrer is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. In 2004, its estimated population was 16,944 inhabitants. It has an area of 42.5 square miles (110.0 km²). ..
SOV
SOV is an acronym for several terms: SOV is used in linguistic typology, and stands for Subject Object Verb.For transportation engineers and planners, SOV stands for Single Occupant Vehicle.SOV in media terms can mean Share of Voice - a brand's percent of the total advertising weight in its product..
Soval
Mean anomaly (M) Physical characteristics Dimensions Surface area Volume Mass Density (ρ) Surface gravity Escape velocity Rotation period Rotation velocity Obliquity Right ascensionof north pole Declination Absolute magnitude Albedo..
Sovata
Sovata (Hungarian: Szováta) is a town in Mureş County, Transylvania, central Romania. As of 2004 the town had a population of 11,568. Sovata is the northernmost settlement of the territory called Sóvídék (Salt Land), situated between the Corund stream and the valley of the Târnava Mică. It ..
Sovdepia
White Army propaganda poster. The caption reads, "Peace and Liberty in Sovdepiya". Sovdepia or Sovdepiya (Russian: Совдепия) was a derogatory name for Soviet Russia and later Soviet Union by those who were against the Bolshevik rule. The word derives from an abbreviation for the Russi..
Soverato
Soverato is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. ..
Sovereign
Sovereign may refer to: Sovereignty, a philosophical concept or state*Self-ownership, a concept also referred to as the sovereignty of the individualMonarch or other head of stateGold sovereign, a British coinSovereign class starship, in Star TrekA sovereign, a 25-liter bottle of champagne.Sovereig..
Sovereign's Bodyguard
The Queen's bodyguard Sovereign's Bodyguard is the name given to three ceremonial units in the United Kingdom who are tasked with guarding the Sovereign. These units are: Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms - formed 1509Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the ..
Sovereign's Orb
Queen Elizabeth II holding the Orb The Sovereign's Orb is a type of regalia known as a globus cruciger and is one of the British Crown Jewels. It was created for the coronation of King Charles II in 1661 at a cost of £1,150 - approximately £118,400 adjusted into modern currency. The Orb ..
Sovereigntist
The term sovereigntist (also spelled sovereignist), or souverainiste in French, refers to proponents of two distinct political ideologies, depending on the society. In Quebec, a sovereigntist is an advocate of the Quebec sovereignty movement that calls for an independent Quebec. The term derives fr..
Sovereignty
The Politics series: Politics by countryPolitical sciencePolitical historyPolitical scientistsComparative governmentInternational relationsPolitical economyPolitical philosophyPolitical psychologyForm of governmentSovereigntyPublic administrationConsent of the governedTheories of political beha..
Sovereignty International
Sovereignty International says of itself: Sovereignty International Incorporated exists to promote the belief that best government is empowered only by the consent of those who are governed. The consent of those who are governed can only be expressed by free and open elections of officials who are ..
Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands
Timeline of de facto control 1764 - 1767 France 1765 - 1774 Great Britain 1767 - 1811 Spain 1811 - 1826 Uninhabited 1826 - 1833 Argentina 1833 - 1982 United Kingdom April - June 1982 Argentina 1982 - United Kingdom The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in ..
Sovereignty of the UN Organization
The Sovereignty of the UN Organization is a highly contentious issue. Proponents wish for the United Nations to claim and wield ever-increasing power over nations, corporations and individual people. Their ultimate goal is a world government under the UN Organization. Opponents want the UN to be s..
Sovereign Award
The Sovereign Award is given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada to the outstanding horses and people in Canadian Thoroughbred racing. Created in the same mode as the Eclipse Awards in the United States, its most prestigious award for horses is Sovereign Horse of the Year. Sovereign ..
Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year
The Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. It is the most prestigious honor in Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Part of the Sovereign Awards program, it is similar to the Eclipse Award Horse of ..
Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey
The Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada. Part of the Sovereign Awards, the "Outstanding Jockey" laurel is similar to the Eclipse Award given to jockeys in the United States. Honourees: 1975 : Hu..
Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer
The Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada. Part of the Sovereign Awards, the "Outstanding Trainer" laurel is similar to the Eclipse Award given to horse trainers in the United States. Honourees: ..
Sovereign Bank
Sovereign Bank, currently the 18th largest banking institution in the United States [link], has more than $63 billion in assets [link] and operates more than 650 retail banking offices [link], over 1,000 ATMs [link], and employes approximately 10,000 people &#..
Sovereign Bank Arena
The Sovereign Bank Arena is an 8,500 seat capacity arena in Trenton, New Jersey, that is home to the Trenton Titans and host numerous events every year. The 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held there and the 2009 edition is scheduled to as well. Sovereign Ban..
Sovereign Bank Tower (Providence)
Sovereign Bank Tower Begun: 1970 Opened: 1973 Height: 413 (125 meters) Floors: 30 ZIP Code: 02891 City Rank: 2nd (as of early 2006) Location: One Financial Center Architect: John Carl Warnecke & Associates Developers: Hospital Trust Corporation The Sovereign B..
Sovereign Base Areas
Map of Cyprus. Sovereign base areas are in red. The Sovereign Base Areas are those British military base areas located in countries formerly ruled by the United Kingdom which were retained by it and not handed over when those countries attained independence. Contents 1 Cyprus2 Ir..
Sovereign Base Areas Police
Sovereign Base Areas Police Coverage Area Akrotiri and Dhekelia Size 254 km² Population Approx 15,000 Operations Formed 1960 HQ Episkopi Officers 256 Divisions 2 Stations 3 Chief Constable David Kelly Website [SBA Police website] The Sovereign..
Sovereign bond
Securities ..
Sovereign Center
The Sovereign Center is a 7,083-seat multi-purpose arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was built in 2001. The arena sits on the former site of the Astor Theatre. Closed in 1975, the theatre sat vacant until it was torn down in 1998 to make room for the arena. It is home to the Reading Royals Ice hoc..
Sovereign class
For the Star Trek staship class, see Sovereign class starship The Sovereign class is Royal Caribbean International's 3rd generation of cruise ships. The three ships of the class were built in Saint-Nazaire, France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards. Ship Facts Gross Tonnage: 73,941Length: 2..
Sovereign class starship
Sovereign class --> Specifications Class: Sovereign Operator: United Federation of Planets: Starfleet Category: Explorer Mass: 3,205,000 t Length: 685.1 m (2,248 ft) Width: 250 m (820 ft) Height: 88.3 m (290 ft) Decks: 24 (however, 26 and 29 have been stated also) ..
Sovereign Council of New France
The Sovereign Council of New France was a political body appointed by the King of France and consisting of a Governor General, an intendant and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. All were answering to the French Minister of the Marine. The members of the council were chosen as part of the French..
Sovereign credit
Sovereign credit is the credit of a sovereign country backed by the financial resources of that state. Sovereign credit is the opposite of sovereign debt. Fiat money is sovereign credit and sovereign bonds are sovereign debts. When money buys bonds, sovereign credit cancels sovereign debt. ..
Sovereign Grace Baptists
Sovereign Grace Baptists in the broadest sense are any "Calvinistic" Baptists that accept God's sovereign grace in salvation and predestination, including Primitive Baptists, Reformed Baptists, Continental Baptist Churches (org. 1983) and Strict Baptists. Certain churches and groups have preferred "..
Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada
Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada (SGF) - a fellowship for Baptist churches in Canada holding to either the Baptist Confession of [1646] or 1689. Leigh Powell, Bill Payne, and Roger Fellows started this loose association of churches in the 1970s as a Reformed Baptist witness in Ontario..
Sovereign Grace Ministries
Sovereign Grace Ministries is a non-denominational, "Reformed Charismatic" group of Christian churches primarily located in the United States. Sovereign Grace comprises between 60 and 70 churches*[link] and professes "sound doctrine" from the Bible, as well as the active working of the Hol..
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta
Contents 1 The early years of freemasonry in Malta1.1 The Knights of St. John1.2 The French period2 The English period (1800-1964)3 Freemasonry since independence3.1 The Irish and Scottish Constitutions in Malta4 The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta (SGLoM)5 S..
Sovereign Hill
Looking out window of replica Sovereign Hill building at main street. Sovereign Hill is a popular attraction, depicting Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold, in 1851. It is located at Ballarat, Victoria within Australia. First officially opened on 29 November 1970 on a 25 hec..
Sovereign Host
In the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Sovereign Host is the most commonly worshipped pantheon of deities in Khorvaire. Most followers worship the Host as a whole, offering prayers to different deities in different situations. Clerics are often devoted to..
Sovereign House Exchange
The Sovereign House Exchange ("SovEX") is an Internet Exchange Point situated in Redbus Sovereign House, London. External links [Official Website] ..
Sovereign immunity
Sovereign immunity or crown immunity is a type of immunity that in common law jurisdictions traces its origins from early English law. Generally speaking it is the doctrine that the sovereign or government cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. In many ca..
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta or SMOM is a Catholic lay order and a sovereign entity with permanent observer status at the United Nations. Their origins are traced to the medieval Knights Hospitaller, also known as the Knights of Malta, and they are today a largely charitable and ceremonial..
Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem
The Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani, Latin for the "Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem", and often shortened to the initials OSMTH or SMOTJ, is an ecumenical Christian society based on the traditions of the medieval Knights Templar and principles of chivalry. OSMTH/SM..
Sovereign of the Seas
Several well-known ships have been named Sovereign of the Seas: HMS Sovereign of the Seas was a British Royal Navy warship of 100 guns, later known as just Sovereign and then Royal Sovereign.The Sovereign of the Seas of 1852 was a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in Boston.Royal Caribbean Interna..
Sovereign of the Seas (cruise ship)
For other ships of this name, see Sovereign of the Seas. MS Sovereign of the Seas is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Royal Caribbean International. Launched on January 19, 1988, at the time of its launch it was the largest cruise ship in the world (though today, t..
Sovereign People
Sovereign People (Pueblo Soberano) is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats. ..
Sovereign Press
Sovereign Press is the name of two different publishers in the U.S.: Sovereign Press Incorporated is a publisher and distributor of role-playing games. A book publisher located in Rochester, Washington which has published several books almost entirely on two topics: A culture of individual sovereig..
Sovereign Press (role-playing game publisher)
Sovereign Press, Incorporated is a publisher and distributor of role-playing games based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was founded in 2001 by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin and is one of two companies that Weis owns. Sovereign Press released the Sovereign Stone role-playing game and has the license ..
Sovereign Prince of Monaco
The Sovereign Prince of Monaco is the sovereign monarch and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. All Princes thus far have belonged to the House of Grimaldi; the current Prince is Albert II. Powers of the Prince Monaco, along with Liechtenstein is one of only two countries in Europe whe..
Sovereign ring
The sovereign ring is an article of jewellery worn on the finger. Its primary decorative feature is typically a gold sovereign - either genuine or replica tender - with the obverse face as the visible detail. The coin size is generally either a 'full' or 'half' sovereign. In the United Kingdom i..
Sovereign Seven
Sovereign Seven was an American comic book, published by DC Comics. Launched in April 1995, Sovereign Seven was the first title co-created by writer Chris Claremont since he had left Marvel Comics, where he had been the long-time writer of various X-Men comics. His co-creator was artist Dwayne Tur..
Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina
Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina Coat of Arms Motto: noneMusical Anthem: none Type of entity: Micronation Location: Near Cooma, New South Wales Area claimed: 14 km² Membership: < 50 Date of foundation: 1970s Leadership: Supreme Lord Baron Neuman of Kara Bagh(Paul Ba..
Sovereign Stone
A series of books eventually which were also Role Playing Game it never became particularly popular. Written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The series main character was the antiheroe Dagnarus a prince of Vinnegael and the Sovreign stone which one part of was given to every race. ..
Soverel 33
The Soverel 33 was launched in 1983 by renowned racing sailor and designer Mark Soverel. It was primarily intended as a one-design fleet but, although approximately 90 boats were built, that never quite happened. The boat was a success as a racer and a forerunner to the modern sports boat with it's ..
Soveria Mannelli
Soveria Mannelli is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. ..
Soveria Simeri
Soveria Simeri is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. ..
Soverign credit
Henry C.K. Liu advances the view that fiat money issued by a sovereign government is a sovereign credit instrument. Sovereign government bonds are sovereign debt while local government bonds are agency debt but not sovereign debt, because local governments, while they possess limited power to tax, ..
Sovetsk
Sovetsk may refer to one of the following: Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, RussiaSovetsk, Kirov Oblast, a town in Kirov Oblast, RussiaSovetsk, Tula Oblast, a town in Tula Oblast, Russia This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
This article is about the town formerly known as Tilsit. For the cheese, see Tilsit cheese; for the game publisher, see Tilsit Editions Sovetsk (Russian: ; until 1946: German: ; Lithuanian: ) is a town on the south bank of Neman River in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located at [55°05..
Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast
Sovetsk (Russian: ) is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population: 18,167 (2002 Census). First references to Kukarka (Кукарка), the settlement's original name, are from 1594. It was later a sloboda in Vyatka Guberniya of Imperial Russia. It was granted urban settlement status and renamed i..
Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station)
Sovetskaya is a now defunct Soviet research station in Antarctica at ([77°58′S 89°16′E]). The surface elevation was initially determined to be 3,570 m, later revised to 3,662 m. It was reached in 16 February, 1958 by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition for International Geophysical..
Sovetskaya (Kharkiv Metro)
The Sovetskaya or Radyanska (Ukrainian: Радянська; Russian: ) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya Line. The station was opened on August 23, 1975. It is located in the historical part of Kharkiv, beneath the Ploscha Konstytutsii, literally Constitution square, and is ..
Sovetskaya (lake)
Sovetskaya Lake is a liquid lake found buried under the Antarctic ice sheet. It is said to cover about 1,600 km². See also Lake Vostok (the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica)90 Degrees EastSovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station) ..
Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan (Russian: ) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, a port on the Strait of Tartary (part of Sea of Japan) and the eastern terminus of the BAM railway line. Population: 30,480 (2002 Census). The town was founded in 1941. External links [ONC 1:1,000,000 map][TPC 1:500..
Sovetskoye Shampanskoye
Sovetskoye Shampanskoye (Советское Шампанское, 'Soviet Champagne') is a generic brand of sparkling wine produced in the Soviet Union and successor states. See also Ukrainian wineStolichnaya vodka External links [The Essential Sparkle][Soviet champagne] ..
Sovetsky
Sovetsky (masculine), Sovetskoye (neuter), or Sovetskaya (feminine) is something named after the Soviet Union Contents 1 Sovetskaya2 Sovetskoye3 Sovetsky4 See also Sovetskaya Sovetskaya the Soviet Antarctic research station*Sovetskaya, a lake in the Antarctic, under the stat..
Sovetsky District
Sovetsky District is the name of several places: Sovetsky District, a district in Altai Krai, Russia. Sovetsky District, a district in Khantia-Mansia Autonomous District, Russia. Sovetsky District, a district in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Sovetsky District, a district in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Sovetsky D..
Sovetsky Soyuz class battleship
Sovetsky Soyuz class battleships (Project 23, Russian: , which means Soviet Union) formed a class of battleships, laid down by the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, but never brought into service. There were plans for the completion of up to 15 ships of this class by 1947, and they were to form the m..
Sovia hyrtacus
Sovia hyrtacus, commonly known as the Bicolour Ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. ..
Sovići
Sovići is a town in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in the West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Grude municipality. In 1991 there were 2,629 residents in the town of Sovići, of which there were 2,625 Croats. ..
Soviet-Albanian Relations
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Soviet-era statues
Soviet-era statues are statuary art as figured prominently in the art of the Soviet Union. Soviet-era statues most frequently depicted significant state and party leaders, such as Stalin and V.I. Lenin. Communist symbology was of great importance. Such symbolism including portrayals of figures in m..
Soviet-French Non-Aggression Pact
The Soviet-French non-aggression pact was a bilateral pact between the two countries with the aim of containing German aggression in 1935. It was pursued by Louis Barthou, who was the French Foreign Minister but he was assassinated before negotiations were finished. His successor, Pierre Laval, was ..
Soviet-German cooperation
redirect [[Template:POV-check]]On Thursday, April 15 1920, Victor Kopp, the Russian SFSR's special representative sent by Lenin to Berlin, asked at the German Foreign Office whether "there was any possibility of combining the German and the Red Army for a joint war on Poland". This was the start of ..
Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956
Japan and the Soviet Union issued a joint declaration in October 1956 providing for the restoration of diplomatic relations. The two parties also agreed to continue negotiations for a peace treaty, including territorial issues. In addition, the Soviet Union pledged to support Japan for UN membership..
Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact
The Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact (Polish: , Russian: ) was an international treaty of non-aggression signed in 1932 by representatives of Poland and the USSR. The pact was unilaterally broken by the Soviet Union on September 17, 1939, during the Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland. After the P..
Sovietization
Sovietization is term that may be used with two distinct (but related) meanings: the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets (workers' councils)the adoption of a way of life and mentality modelled after the Soviet Union. The term was one of numerous "-ation" buzzwords in Soviet..
Soviet (council)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A soviet (Russian: сове́т, IPA: [sʌˈvʲɛt] literally co-voice) originally was a workers' loca..
Soviet (disambiguation)
Soviet is a word in the Russian language meaning both advice or counsel and council (a group of advisors). Literally it can be translated as co-voice. It may also refer to: Russian term cове́т Translit: soviet English: advice; counsel; council Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktio..
Soviet 1st Guards Mechanized Corps
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Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army
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Soviet 2nd Rifle Division
Symbol? 2nd Rifle Division FormedSeptember 24 1919 DemobilisedJanuary 28 1946 The Soviet 2nd Rifle Division was an infantry division that served during The Great Patriotic War (World War II). Originally formed in 1919 from the 1st Ryazansk Rifle Division, the division was twice destroyed and..
Soviet 322nd Infantry Division
The 322nd Infantry was part of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is most notable for liberating Auschwitz in January 1945. ..
Soviet 4th Mechanized Corps
The 4th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. It was commanded by General Volsky during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. The corps entered the south-east siege in Operation Uranus to obtain an encirclement by destroying the Romanian army lead by Ge..
Soviet 89th "Tamanyan" Division
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Soviet 8th Guards Army
The Soviet 8th Guards Army was an army of the Soviet Red Army. Contents 1 World War II2 Cold War3 See also4 References World War II In 1945 the Soviet 8th Guards Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov. It was part of Marshal Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front. T..
Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov
Kiev class carrier Baku.'' Admiral Gorshkov was an aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy. Originally named Baku, she was the fourth of the Project 1143 aircraft carrying cruisers, known as the Kiev class. The ship was laid down in 1978, launched in 1982, and commissioned in 1987. In terms of he..
Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev
Aircraft carrier Kiev, USSR, 1975-1996 The aircraft carrier at Tianjin Binhai aircraft carrier theme park on 2004 May 1 The heavy aircraft carrying cruiserDue to restrictions imposed by Turkey preventing aircraft carriers travelling through the Bosporus, all Soviet and Russian aircraft c..
Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov
Career Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau Shipyard: Nikolayev South Ordered: March 3, 1981 Laid down: February 22, 1983 Launched: December 5, 1985 Commissioned: January 21, 1991Fully operational in 1995 Decommissioned: N/A Fate: Active in service General Characteristics ..
Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk
USS Elliot (DD-967) conducting surveillance operations against the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk. Minsk is an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy from 1978 to 1994. It was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built. Contents 1 History2 General characteristics3 Refer..
Soviet aircraft carrier Moskva
Moskva was a Soviet aircraft carrier, lead ship of the Moskva class. She was laid down at Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444), launched in 1965; she entered commission two years later and based in Black Sea. ..
Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 November 1988 Cancelled: 1 November 1991, 40% complete Fate: Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 85,000 tons full load Length: 332 meters (1089 feet) Beam: 75 meters (246 feet) Draft: 11.6 meters (38 feet) Propulsion: 4 × KN-3 water pr..
Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag
--> Varyag was to be a Kuznetsov-class multirole aircraft carrier. She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) in Nikolayev 6 December 1985, and she was launched 4 December 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990, after a famous Rus..
Soviet airspace violations
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. A Soviet airspace violation may refer to: Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253,..
Soviet Air Force
Military of the Soviet Union Imperial Russia Air Force (1909 to 1917) Soviet Union Red Air Force (1918 to 1991) Naval Aviation (1918 to 1991) Air Defense (1948 to 1991) Strategic Rocket Forces (1959 to 1991) Russian Federation Air Force (1991 to present) Naval Aviation (1991 to presen..
Soviet American Trade Research Association
SATRA also stands for the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. The Soviet American Trade Research Association (SATRA) existed in the United Kingdom from about 1973 to 1979. Its purpose was to import Soviet cars and motorcycles such as Lada, Moskvich and Ural, Dnepr, Jupiter, Plane..
Soviet and Communist studies
Soviet and Communist studies is the field of historical studies of the Soviet Union and other Communist states, as well as of communist parties, such as the Communist Party USA, that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, inside or outside the former Soviet Bloc. It is a field rife w..
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (Russian: Советская Антарктическая Экспедиция, САЭ) was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The Sovie..
Soviet Anti-Air Defense
Military of the Soviet Union Imperial Russia Air Force (1909 to 1917) Soviet Union Red Air Force (1918 to 1991) Naval Aviation (1918 to 1991) Air Defense (1948 to 1991) Strategic Rocket Forces (1959 to 1991) Russian Federation Air Force (1991 to present) Naval Aviation (1991 to presen..
Soviet Armies in WWII
Soviet armies during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945: Contents 1 Types1.1 Regular armies1.2 Guards armies1.3 Air armies1.4 Red Banner armies1.5 Attack armies1.6 Shock armies1.7 Tank armies1.8 Guards Tank Army2 Order of battle3 See also4&..
Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II
Production of KV-1 heavy tanks This article lists Soviet tank and self-propelled gun production during the Second World War, from the German invasion on 22 June 1941, until the first half of 1945. Note that this doesn't indicate the total number of vehicles in the field, including models pr..
Soviet art
The term Soviet art refers to visual art produced in the former Soviet Union. Contents 1 Early years2 Socialist Realism era3 Soviet Nonconformist Art4 References5 External links Early years During the Russian Revolution a movement was initiated to put all arts to se..
Soviet atomic bomb project
Andrei Sakharov (left) with Igor Kurchatov (right) The Soviet project to develop an atomic bomb began during World War II in the Soviet Union. The USSR tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949. Contents 1 Nuclear physics in the Soviet Union2 Beginnings of the program3 Adminis..
Soviet Ballroom dances
Competitions in Ballroom dancing in the former Soviet Union were held in three dance categories: Standard dances, Latin dances, and Soviet dances. Contents 1 Soviet category2 Some basic step-rhythm patterns2.1 Rylio2.2 Varu-Varu2.3 Sudaruska2.4 Russian Lyrical Sovi..
Soviet battlecruiser Kirov
A Kirov-class battlecruiser, most likely the Admiral Nakhimov, photographed while at sea Kirov, the lead ship of the eponymous class of missile cruisers, is one of the major and biggest surface warships of the Russian Navy, though it was originally built for the Soviet Navy. It is one of the b..
Soviet Caucasian Front
The Caucasian Front or Caucasus Front was a military subdivision (Front) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within desi..
Soviet Caucasian withdrawal 1942
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]Soviet Withdrawal from the Caucasus refers to the Red Army's withdrawal from the Caucasus under the Wehrmacht advances in the first period of the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942. Several rapid German offensives stirred up panic among civilian population. The area was full ..
Soviet Census
Soviet Census may refer to: Soviet Census (1923), first population census in the Soviet Union, which only covered urban populationSoviet Census (1939)Soviet Census (1959)Soviet Census (1970)Soviet Census (1989) See also Russian Census This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list o..
Soviet Central Asia
Soviet Central Asia is a reference to the five Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan that were part of the Soviet Union from 1924-1991. For a more expanded analysis of this region see Central Asia. ..
Soviet Central Front
The Central Front was a Front (i.e. a military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated bounda..
Soviet classic movies
There are many movies which are well-remembered and looked upon fondly in the former Soviet republics; famous lines or jokes from these movies are often quoted and some have even become a part of the Russian language as sayings and idioms. Most of these classic Soviet movies were produced by Mosfilm..
Soviet coup attempt of 1991
During the Soviet Coup of 1991, also known as the August Putsch, Vodka Putsch or August Coup, a group of hardliners within the Soviet Communist party briefly deposed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and attempted to take control of the country. The coup leaders were radical communists who felt that ..
Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym
The Krasnyi Krym (Красный Крым - Red Crimea) was a light cruiser of the Soviet Navy. She was originally laid down as the Svetlana for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1914 and completed in 1926. She was a near sister of the Chervona Ukraina. Initially named the Profintern ( Профинтер..
Soviet cruiser Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky was a Soviet Red Banner light cruiser of the Kirov class, named after Maxim Gorky. It was laid on December 20, 1936, launched on April 30, 1938 and commissioned on October 25, 1940. In 1941 the ship have been severely damaged by a naval mine, but regained its floatage and arrived to ..
Soviet cuisine
): "the first",.. etc. "The first" was a soup or broth, a "liquid" food. "The second" was some kind of "solid" food: meat/fish/poultry with some side foods (potatoes, kasha, etc.), eggs, bliny, etc. "The third" was something to drink: tea, coffee, kompot, milk, kefir, etc. "The fourth" was a des..
Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup, was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union. Contents 1 Finals2 Overall Statistics2.1 Performance by club2.2 Performance by republic3 References Finals Year Winner Score Runner-up 1936 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 - 0 Dynamo Tb..
Soviet democracy
Democracy This series is part ofthe Politics and the Forms of government series DemocracyHistory of democracyVarieties Anticipatory democracyAthenian democracyConsensus democracyDeliberative democracyDirect democracyLiberal democracyNon-partisan democracyParticipatory democracyRepresentatio..
Soviet Dissidents
Soviet dissidents were citizens of the Soviet Union (1917 — 1991) who disagreed with the policies and actions of their nation, and at the same time actively protested against these measures through non-violent means. Through such protests, Soviet dissidents would incur harassment, persecution and ..
Soviet Empire
Soviet Empire was a controversial, politically charged and pejorative term used to critically describe the actions and nature of the Soviet Union. It gained popularity after U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously denounced the USSR as an "evil empire" in a 1982 speech to the United Kingdom House of C..
Soviet era
Soviet era is the period of histories of former Soviet republics comprising the years 1917 – 1991. Officially, the power belonged to the soviets ("councils"), hence the name Soviet era. De-facto, with the exception of the brief initial period, the power was held in full by the Communist Par..
Soviet Far East Front
The Far Eastern Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundarie..
Soviet Fifth Army
The Soviet Fifth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II. The Fifth Army was created in August 1939 in the Special Kiev Military District. In September 1939 the Fifth Army took part in the Soviet operations in western Ukraine, which had been justified by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. After th..
Soviet First Army
The Soviet First Army (also called First Red Banner Army) was a Soviet field army of World War II that served in the Russian Far East. The First Army was created in July 1938 under the name of the First Coastal Army. Its first commander was the later Marshal of the Soviet Union, Andrei Yeremenko. ..
Soviet First Guards Army
The Soviet First Guards Army was a Soviet field army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. During the German Sixth Army's assault on Stalingrad in August 1942, the Red Army launched a counter-offensive to drive the German forces back. The First Guards Army and the 24th Army launche..
Soviet First League
The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991. It has been known as Group B, Group 2, Class B, and Class A, group 2 before being ren..
Soviet Fourth Army
The Soviet Fourth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern European theatre. The Fourth Army was created in August 1939 in the Special Belorussian Military District as part of Bobruisk Army Group. In September 1939, the Fourth Army took part in the campaign in wester..
Soviet frigate Storozhevoy
Storozhevoy (Сторожевой, Storoževoj in Russian - meaning "Vigilant" - Soviet frigates were named after adjectives) was a Soviet Navy 1135 Burevestnik class anti-submarine frigate (NATO reporting name Krivak). The ship was attached to the Soviet Baltic Fleet and based in Riga. It was invol..
Soviet Fronts in WWII
Front was a major military subdivision of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. However, this term is not to be confused with the more general term of a military front. A front is roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American terminology. Soviet fronts during the Second World War..
Soviet icebreaker Lenin
Icebreaker Lenin The nuclear powered icebreaker Lenin was the first nuclear surface ship in the world. It is categorized as a polar icebreaker and also had a helicopter landing strip aft. Launched in 1957, Lenin is powered by two OK-150 reactors and four steam turbines. The four Kirov turbi..
Soviet Kitsch (album)
Soviet Kitsch is the third album by Regina Spektor. The title is drawn from Milan Kundera's expression for the impractical romantic ideals of communism, a theme in his book The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Track listing "Ode to Divorce" – 3:42"Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27"Carbon Monoxide" ..
Soviet kobzars
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Soviet kobzars were stylised..
Soviet law
The Law of the Soviet Union—also known as Soviet Law, or Socialist Law—was the law that developed in the Soviet Union following the Russian October Revolution of 1917; modified versions of it were adopted by many Communist states (see below) following the Second World War. Soviet Law h..
Soviet merchant ship Sevmorput
Sevmorput is a nuclear powered merchant vessel constructed in the Kerch (Ukraine) at Zaliv plant.It was named for Sevmorput, the home base of the Soviet Union's nuclear fleet dockyard. Construction of the vessel was undertaken in 1983, but its launch did not take place until 1988. It is classifie..
Soviet military academies
There were a number of military academies in the Soviet Union of different specialties. Soviet military and police facilities named "academy" (Russian: , akademiya) are not a degree-level school (like Western military academies such as West Point), but a post-graduate school for experienced officer..
Soviet Military Administration in Germany
The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Russian: Советская военная администрация в Германии, СВАГ or SVAG — German: Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland, SMAD) was the Soviet military government, headquartered in Karlshorst, which d..
Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw
The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw is the burial place of over 20,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the fight against Nazi Germany. It contains one of the first major monuments to be built in Warsaw to those who fought in the Second World War. It includes examples of Socialist Realist art showing ..
Soviet Moonshot
This article deals only with preparations for manned flight to the Moon by the USSR. For the Moon research by Soviet automatic interplanetary stations see Luna program. Details of the Soviet Moonshot were kept intensely secret until the arrival of glasnost. The plan was hindered by the death of Ser..
Soviet Mountain Republic
The Soviet Mountain Republic (Russian: Го́рская АССР, part of RSFSR) existed from January 20, 1921 to July 7, 1924. Area: over 73,000 km². Population: about 800,000. It had 6 national districts. In early 1920s was divided into Soviet autonomous republics that became modern Kabardino-B..
Soviet MVP (hockey)
The following is a list of the Most Valuable Players in the Soviet ice hockey league, which existed from 1954 to 1991. 1967-68 Anatoli Firsov1968-69 Anatoli Firsov1969-70 Viktor Konovalenko1970-71 Anatoli Firsov1971-72 Valeri Kharlamov/Alexander Maltsev1972-73 Valeri Kharlamov1973-74 ..
Soviet national bandy team
The Soviet national bandy team was dominating the semi-annually played World Championships of bandy from its start in 1957 until the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, winning all but three championships. Its place in the championship was then taken over by Russia. ..
Soviet national ice hockey team
The Soviet national ice hockey team, or USSR national ice hockey team (Russian: Сборная СССР по хоккею с шайбой) was the most dominant amateur hockey team in international play between 1954 and 1991. They dominated nearly every world championships and olympics during this..
Soviet Naval Aviation
Military of the Soviet Union Imperial Russia Air Force (1909 to 1917) Soviet Union Red Air Force (1918 to 1991) Naval Aviation (1918 to 1991) Air Defense (1948 to 1991) Strategic Rocket Forces (1959 to 1991) Russian Federation Air Force (1991 to present) Naval Aviation (1991 to presen..
Soviet Navy
Military of the Soviet Union Imperial Russia Navy (1696-1917) Soviet Union Soviet Navy (1917-1991) Russian Federation Russian Navy (1991-Present) The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally "Naval military forces of the U..
Soviet Nonconformist Art
Beginning of Group Petersberg at New Hermitage Museum The term Soviet Nonconformist Art refers to art produced in the former Soviet Union from 1953-1986 (after the death of Stalin until the advent of Perestroika and Glasnost) outside of the rubric of Socialist Realism. Other terms used to ref..
Soviet Northern Front
The Northern Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. ..
Soviet occupation of Romania
In 1944 Romania was occupied by Soviet troops, who would not withdraw until 1958. In the meantime, part of the country had been detached to form the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The latter proclaimed independence in 1991, under the name of Republic of Moldova but Russian (ex-Soviet) forces r..
Soviet occupation zone
The Soviet Occupation Zone (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ) or Ostzone Russian: Советская зона Германии, Sovetskaya zona Germanii, "Soviet Zone of Germany") was the area of eastern Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II. It became ..
Soviet of Nationalities
The Soviet of Nationalities (Совет Национальностей in Russian), was one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot in accordance with the principles of Soviet ..
Soviet of the Union
Soviet of the Union (Совет Союза in Russian, or Soviet Soyuza), was one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot in accordance with the principles of Soviet democracy,..
Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
Several Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts occurred in 1991, after Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990, and began establishing control of its borders with Belarus. The declared independence of Lithuania was not recognised by the Soviet Union until..
Soviet opposed-piston 2-10-4
The Soviet-built opposed piston 2-10-4 locomotive Built in 1949, this was one of a number of Soviet locomotive designs that didn't work as well as intended. The cylinders were placed above the center driving axle. Unlike nearly all steam locomotives, the pistons had rods on both ends which tra..
Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939
Soviet infantry marching into Poland The Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939 details the major combat units arrayed for operations against Poland in September, 1939. The Polish September Campaign is best remembered for the German-Polish fighting, but the Soviets contributed ..
Soviet partisans
Soviet partisans in the forests of Belarus Belarus was the republic hardest hit by the war that took from 25 to 40% of the republic's population.[link] According to the Himmler's plan, 3/4 of the Belarusian population was to be eradicated and the remainder was to be used as a sl..
Soviet partisans in Poland
:This sub-article is about the activity of Soviet partisans during World War II in the territories of the Second Polish Republic -- the area that the Soviet Union in most part captured in 1939 and annexed in 1945. Poland was annexed and partitioned by Germany and the Soviet Union in the aftermath o..
Soviet people
Soviet people (Russian: ) was an ideological demonym and proposed ethnonym for the population of the Soviet Union. The Soviet government promoted the doctrine of assimilating all peoples living in USSR into one Soviet people, accordingly to Marxist principle of Fraternity of peoples. The effort la..
Soviet persecutions
The Soviet authorities orchestrated the death and deportation of millions of their own citizens, to eliminate domestic opposition to the Soviet Union. It includes the persecution of members of nations incorported into the USSR which since the fall of the USSR live in states independent of the Russia..
Soviet phraseology
Soviet phraseology, i.e., the Russian language of the epoch of the Soviet Union, has a number of distinct traits that reflect the Soviet way of life and Soviet culture and politics. Most of these distinctions are ultimately traced (directly or indirectly, as a cause-effect chain) to the utopic goal ..
Soviet political repressions
Soviet political repressions was a de facto and de jure system of prosecution of people who were or perceived to be enemies of the Soviet system. From the beginning its theoretical basis were the theory of Marxism about the class struggle and the resulting notion of the dictatorship of the proletari..
Soviet propaganda during World War II
Soviet propaganda during the Second World War was launched mainly after the German invasion of the USSR. Important organs of the press were the newspapers "The Red Star" ("Krasnaya Zvezda") and "The Truth" ("Pravda"). It forms a specific chapter in the history of Soviet propaganda (agitprop). Propa..
Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet
Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярье, or Zapolyariye). The Northern Fleet was headquartered at Severomorsk. Contents..
Soviet Republic
Soviet republic, a republic ruled by soviets (workers' councils), may refer to one of the following: Any of the Republics of the Soviet Union.Bolshevik Russia and the Russian SFSR after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the Russian Civil War.Any of several short-lived communist revolutionary..
Soviet Republic of Naissaar
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Soviet Reserve Front
The Reserve Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. ..
Soviet revolutionary calendar
Page of the Soviet revolutionary calendar showing December 12 1937 The Soviet revolutionary calendar was in use in the USSR from 1929 to 1940. Shortly after the October Revolution of 1917, Vladimir Lenin had decreed to change the calendar in the Soviet Union from the Julian calendar to the G..
Soviet Revolutionary Communists (Bolsheviks)
Soviet Revolutionary Communists (Bolsheviks) was an underground political group in the Soviet Union, which criticized the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev as revisionist. A draft programme of the group was presented at the 1964 congress of the Albanian Party of Labour. The document was printed in Alb..
Soviet Russia
Soviet Russia can refer to one of several things: States: Bolshevist Russia, an informal term referring to the Bolshevik side in the Russian Civil War, or the Soviet Russian government before the establishment of the Soviet Union.Russian SFSR (Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic), the Sovie..
Soviet Russia (newspaper)
Soviet Russia (Russian: Советская Россия, Sovetskaya Rossiya) was a political newspaper in the Soviet Union. Soviet Russia was first published on July 1, 1956. It became the principal press organ of the Supreme Soviet and Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR on January 1, 1974. T..
Soviet Second Army
The Soviet Second Army (also called Second Red Banner Army) was a Soviet field army of World War II that served in the far east. The Second Army was created in July 1938 on the far eastern frontiers of the Soviet Union. In September 1940, two months after its formation, the Second Army was transfo..
Soviet Second Guards Army
The Soviet Second Guards Army was a field army in the Red Army that fought in World War II, notably at Stalingrad. By the time of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Second Guards Army had become the most powerful force in the Red Army. The Second Guards Army appeared on the scene after the Soviet Opera..
Soviet sniper
Soviet snipers, also referred to as Russian snipers, played an important role during World War II (known as Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, in Russia, and in some other post-Soviet states). It is estimated that these snipers killed or wounded over 40,000 German soldiers during the war. C..
Soviet Southern Front
The Southern Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. The Southern Front des..
Soviet Southwestern Front
The Southwestern Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. The Southwestern F..
Soviet space program
Soviet Soyuz rockets like the one pictured above were the first reliable means to transport objects into Earth orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed less than 90 kg and orbited the Earth for less than three months. Its launch began the space race. Having learned a bitter lesson during World War I..
Soviet space program conspiracy accusations
Lost Cosmonauts or Phantom Cosmonauts are cosmonauts that allegedly entered outer space and records of their voyages were kept confidential or destroyed altogether. There is some evidence supporting these assertions although it is disputed. Even with access to published Soviet archive material and m..
Soviet Sports
Sovetsky Sport (Russian:Советский спорт; English: Soviet Sports) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) daily sports newspaper. Between 1924 and 1946 the newspaper was called "Red Sports" (Russian: Красный спорт), it was not printed between 1928 and 1932. Founded on July 20 19..
Soviet Student Olympiads
A diploma awarded in the Republic Student Olympiads, in the Kazakh SSR, 1989 Soviet Student Olympiad was an annual set of contests for students in USSR. There were two separate multi-round competitions every year: for higher education (universities) and general education (starting from 7th to ..
Soviet submarine B-37
Б-37 (B-37) was a project 641 (NATO reporting name "Foxtrot") diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet. On 11 January 1962, the submarine was tied up at the pier in Ekaterininsky, with all watertight doors open, while conducting maintenance and testing of her torpedoes. A fire broke ou..
Soviet submarine B-39
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 February 1962 Launched: 15 April 1967 Commissioned: 28 December 1967 Decommissioned: 1 April 1994 Fate: museum Homeport: San Diego, California Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 1952 tons surfaced, 2475 tons submerged Length: 89.9 meters ..
Soviet submarine B-427
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 April 1971 Launched: 22 June 1971 Commissioned: 4 December 1971 Decommissioned: 1994 Fate: sold to Australia Homeport: Long Beach, California Stricken: 1994 General Characteristics Displacement: 1952 tons surfaced, 2475 tons submerged Length: 299 feet..
Soviet submarine K-129
Two submarines of the Soviet Navy have been designated K-129. The Golf II class (project 629A) K-129 was a diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine lost at sea and partially salvaged using the Glomar Explorer. The Delta III (project 667BDR, Kalmar) class K-129 was a nuclear-powered ballistic mi..
Soviet submarine K-129 (Golf II)
К-129 was a project 629А (NATO reporting name Golf-II) diesel submarine of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. On 8 March 1968, К-129 was lost at sea under mysterious circumstances. Four main theories have been advanced to explain her disappearance: flooding from the induction system while charging batte..
Soviet submarine K-131
K-131 was a Project 675 (NATO reporting name Echo-II-class submarine) of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet. On 18 June 1984, while under the command of Captain First Rank E. Selivanov, the boat suffered a catastrophic fire. A short-circuit in an electrical switchboard in the eighth compartment igni..
Soviet submarine K-159
Career Laid down: 15 August 1962 Launched: 6 June 1963 Commissioned: 9 October 1963 Decommissioned: 30 May 1989 Fate: sank while under tow Fleet: Northern Fleet Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 3065 tonnes surfaced, 4750 tonnes submerged Length: 107.4 meters Beam: 7..
Soviet submarine K-173
Builder: Sevmashpredpriatie, Severodvinsk, Russia Dimensions: 505 ft 2 in x 59 ft 7 in x 29 ft 5 in / 154.00 m x 18.20 m x 9.00 m Displacement: 13400 tons surfaced / 18000 tons dived Complement: 130 Armament: All boats:- 4 x 21" bow torpedo tubes 4 x 25.6" bow tubes A maximum of 28 torpedoes ..
Soviet submarine K-19
This article is about the historical submarine. For the 2002 movie, see [[K-19: The Widowmaker]] Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 October 1958 Launched: 8 April 1959 Commissioned: 30 April 1961 Decommissioned: 1991 Fate: In October 2003 it was announced that scrapping would start at the N..
Soviet submarine K-219
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 31 December 1971 Fate: sunk by seawater leak in missile tube Homeport: Gadzhievo Stricken: 1986 General Characteristics Displacement: 7766 tons surfaced, 9300 tons submerged Length: 129.8 m (425 ft 10 in) Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft 5 i..
Soviet submarine K-27
Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 June 1958 Launched: 1 April 1962 Commissioned: 30 October 1963 Fate: scuttled after reactor fuel element failure Homeport: Zapadnaya Litsa Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 3420 tons surfaced, 4380 tons submerged Length: 109.8 meters Be..
Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
The K-278 Submarine Komsomolets Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 April 1978 Launched: 9 May 1983 Commissioned: 31 December 1984 Fate: lost 7 April 1989 Homeport: Bolshaya Lopatka at Zapadnaya Litsa Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 4400-5750 tons surfaced, 6400-8000 ton..
Soviet submarine K-279
Career Ordered: 1965 Laid down: 1971 Launched: January 1972 Commissioned: 22 December 1972 Decommissioned: 1992 Fate: scrapped Fleet: Northern Fleet General Characteristics Displacement: 9000 m³ (8900 tonnes) surfaced, 10500m³ (13,700 tonnes) submerged; Length: 139 meters (456 fee..
Soviet submarine K-314
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Homeport: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 3500 tons surfaced, 4750 tons submerged Length: 94.3 m Beam: 10 m Draught: 7.3 m Propulsion: One OK-300 pressurised w..
Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol
Career Ordered: Laid down: June 1954 Launched: 9 August 1957 Commissioned: July 1958 Fate: Museum Ship Homeport: Zapadnaya Litsa Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 109,7 m Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: 30 knots Depth: 480 m Complement: Armament:..
Soviet submarine K-429
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 26 January 1971 Launched: 22 April 1972 Commissioned: 31 October 1972 Decommissioned: 1987 Fate: Homeport: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 4300 tons surfaced, 5500 tons submerged Length: 1..
Soviet submarine K-56
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Homeport: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 5000 tons surfaced, 6000 tons submerged Length: 115.0 metres Beam: 9.0 metres Draught: 7.5 metres Propulsion: two pressurized-water nuclear ..
Soviet submarine K-77
Career Ordered: 1950s Laid down: 31 January 1963 Launched: 11 March 1965 Commissioned: 31 October 1965 Decommissioned: 1991 and 1994 Fate: restaurant, movie set, museum Stricken: 1994 General Characteristics Displacement: 3174 tons surfaced; 4137 tons submerged Length: (281 feet 9 ..
Soviet submarine K-8
K-8 was a November class submarine of the Soviet Northern Fleet. 1960 Loss of Coolant On 13 October 1960, while operating in the Barents Sea, K-8 suffered a ruptured steam generator tube, causing a loss of coolant accident. While the crew jury-rigged a system to supply emergency cooling water to t..
Soviet submarine L-3
The World War II Soviet submarine L-3 belonged to the L-class or "Leninets" class of minelayer submarines. It had been named "Frunzovets" before it was decided that submarines should stop having names and carry numbers instead. L-3 under captain 3rd rank Vladimir Konowalow was one of the most succe..
Soviet submarine M-200
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Fate: rammed and sunk Homeport: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 460 tons surfaced, 540 tons submerged Length: 56.0 metres (183 feet 9 inches) Beam: 5.1 metres (16 feet 5 inches) Draught..
Soviet submarine M-256
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Fate: wrecked by fire and sunk Homeport: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 460 tons surfaced, 540 tons submerged Length: 56.0 m (183 ft 9 in) Beam: 5.1 m (16 ft 5 in) Draught: 3.8 m (12 f..
Soviet submarine Red October
--> Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: December 3, 1984 (after retrofitting of caterpillar drive) General Characteristics Length 188.41 m (618.15 ft) Beam 23 m (74.5 ft)* Draft 12 m (39.37 ft)* Displacement Surfaced: 23,200-24,500 tons Submerged: 33,800-..
Soviet submarine S-117
S-117 was a Soviet Whiskey class submarine that was lost on or about 15 December 1952, due to unknown causes in the Strait of Tartary in the Sea of Japan. The boat may have collided with a surface ship or struck a mine. All forty-seven crewmen died in the incident. ..
Soviet submarine S-13
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 October 1938 Launched: 25 April 1939 Commissioned: 31 July 1941 Decommissioned: 7 September 1954 Fate: Homeport: Kronstadt Stricken: 17 December 1956 General Characteristics Displacement: 840 tons surfaced, 1070 tons submerged..
Soviet submarine S-178
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: rammed and sunk by cargo vessel Homeport: Vladivostok Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 1080 tons surfaced, 1350 tons submerged Length: 76 metres Beam: 6.6 metres D..
Soviet submarine S-350
Soviet Submarine S-350 was a Romeo class submarine. On January 11, 1962, the Soviet Foxtrot class submarine B-37 exploded as the result of a fire which detonated all torpedo warheads in the submarine. The S-350, which was moored next to B-37, was heavily damaged. Eleven crew members of the S-350 ..
Soviet submarine S-80
insert caption here Career Ordered: Laid down: 13 March 1950 Launched: 21 October 1950 Commissioned: 2 December 1952 Fate: sunk by accidental flooding Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Depth: Complement: Arma..
Soviet submarine TK-202
Career Ordered: ? Laid down: October 1, 1980 Launched: April 26, 1982 Commissioned: December 28, 1983 The ТК-202 was a ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy, formerly having served in the Soviet Navy as well. Construction of the ТК-202 was started at the Sevmash shipyar..
Soviet submarine TK-210
Hull number ТК-210 was to be an Akula class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) submarine. Construction was started at Severodvinsk in the late 1980s, but she was cancelled before completion and dismantled in 1990. Trivia Had she been completed, ТК-210 would have been the seventh in her class. The b..
Soviet Super-Soldiers
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Soviet Super Soldier Volkov
In the [[Command & Conquer: Red Alert|Red Alert]] Counterstrike and Aftermath expansion packs, the Soviet Super Soldier Volkov has made his first appearance. He is believed to be a cyborg. He almost always has his trusty cybernetic dog: Chitzkoi with him. Chitzkoi kills any kind of infantry with ea..
Soviet Tankmen's Song
The Soviet Tankmen's Song is a popular tune originating in the Russian film A na Voine kak na Voine ("In War as in War"), about the crew of an SU-100 self-propelled gun. It has no title and is referred to by its first line: Po Polyu Tanki Grokhotali ("Across the Field Tanks Thundered"). Content..
Soviet Third Army
The Soviet Third Army was an important Soviet Red Army field division during World War II. The Third Army was created in 1939 in the Special Belorussian Military District as part of Vitebsk Army Group. The Third Army saw its first action in September 1939, taking part in the operation in Belarus a..
Soviet Third Guards Army
The Soviet Third Guards Army was a field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, notably in 1945. The Third Guards Army, commanded by General V.N. Gordov, was part of the First Ukrainian Front led by Marshal Ivan Koniev in 1945. In the First Ukrainian Front's attack ..
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League (Russian: ) was the top division of Soviet Union football. Contents 1 Champions and top goalscorers2 Overall Statistics2.1 Performance by club2.2 Performance by republic3 References4 See also Champions and top goalscorers Season Champion Runne..
Soviet Union
"Soviet" redirects here. For , see . Союз Советских Социалистических РеспубликSoyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik other languagesUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics In Detail) In Detail) State motto (Russian): Пролетарии вс..
Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli conflict
As a result of the persecution, both state-sponsored and unofficial anti-Semitism became deeply ingrained in the society and remained a fact for years: ordinary Soviet Jews were often not being allowed to enter universities or hired to work in certain professions. Many were barred from participat..
Soviet Union and the United Nations
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Soviet Union took an active role in the United Nations and other major international and regional organiza..
Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the fourth time the nation competed. The Soviet Union competed under the IOC country code USR. ..
Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code URS. It was the sixth appearance of the Euro-Asian nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1900. Contents 1 ..
Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. It was the seventh time that the nation had competed. The Soviet Union competed under the IOC country code URS. Contents 1 Soviet Union 49 41 34 124 Gold Viktor Saneyev — Athletics, Men's Triple JumpYuri Sedyk..
Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union was the host country of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. It was the eighth time that the nation had competed. The Soviet Union competed under the IOC country code URS. Contents 1 Soviet Union 80 69 46 195 Gold Keto Losaberidze — archery, women's competitionVe..
Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the IOC country code URS. It was the ninth time that the nation participated. Contents 1 Soviet Union 54 31 49 134 Gold Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, a..
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet Union national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams. Contents 1 Eurobasket 19472 Eurobasket 19513..
Soviet VHF transceiver A7
The Soviet A7 (later models include the A7a and A7b) was developed during World War II and used for communication in rifle brigades and regiments. The complete station was designed to be transported by an individual soldier. Specifications and notes: Frequency range: A7a, 27-32MHz; A7b, 24-28MHzMod..
Soviet war in Afghanistan
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year war between the Soviet forces and the anti-government Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to depose Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government. The Soviet Union supported the government while the insurgents fo..
Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)
The Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) is one of several war memorials in Berlin, capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 20,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. The memoria..
Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
The Soviet War Memorial (sometimes translated as the Soviet Cenotaph), is a vast war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate the 20,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in Ap..
Soviet Western Front
WWII Eastern Front at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa The Western Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army, one of the Soviet Army Fronts during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates..
Sovkhoz
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Sovkino
Sovkino was a studio in what now is Ukraine. It was built to compete with Disney over the market of animated movies in the 1930s. ..
Sovnarkhoz
Sovnarkhoz, (Совнархоз, Совет Народного Хозяйства, Sovet Narodnogo Hozyaistva, "Council of National Economy"), usually translated as Regional Economic Council, was an organization of the Soviet Union to manage a separate economic region. They were subordinated to the ..
Sovnarkom
Sovnarkom (Russian: СовНарКом, fully Совет Народных Комиссаров) was the name of the administrative arm of the Soviet government until 1946 when it was renamed. Contents 1 Origin and Variants of the Name2 History3 Renaming4 References5 See a..
Sovolusky
Sovolusky is name of several locations in the Czech Republic: Sovolusky, a village in the Pardubice Region (Pardubice District) This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an re..
Sovolusky (Pardubice District)
See other places named Sovolusky. Sovolusky is small village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 120 inhabitants. External links [Short official information about the village] (cz) ..
Sovremenniy class destroyer
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SovRom
The SovRoms were a series of 'agreements' put into place in Romania following its Communist takeover post-WWII, until 1956 when they were dissolved. The Russian contribution in creating the SovRoms lay mostly in resale of the German equipment in Romania after WWII. During this period, Romania's s..
Sovtek
Sovtek are a Russian brand of vacuum tube owned by the New Sensor Corporation that are still in production. They are often used in guitar amplification and include the popular varients of the 12AX7, EL84, EL34, and 6L6 models. They have also briefly made tube amplifiers with circuits similar to p..
Sov Judge Orlok
Sov Judge Orlok is a fictional character in Universe of UK comic book character Judge Dredd. He is an operative of the 'Sov' City of East Meg One. He was first seen in the run up to the Apocalypse War. His first act was to spread the Block Mania contaminant that was used to incite block wars to di..
So Vile a Sin
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SO Voiron
Stade Olympique Voironnais or SOV is a rugby club from the city of Voiron (Isère, France). They are currently competing in the Fédérale 3 French championship (5th division). They play at Stade Géo Martin. ..
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