Vladimir Lenin was the first person to take control in the Soviet Union. Lenin was in power through January 1924 when he died. Although he was almost totally incapacitated from strokes in 1923 (he could not speak or write), he was still active when the Soviet Union was formed in December 1922.
Communism
Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union and under him the totalitarian system was established.
Mikhail Gorbachev was president when the Soviet Union collapsed into independent nations, begining in early in 1985.
Because Tajikistan was one the republics with made up the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a.k.a., the Soviet Union) and which gained independence in the early 90s.
The Soviet Union broke apart when communism fell in Europe in the late 80s, early 90s.
Communism
By 1924, the new Soviet Union had been recognized by all the major world powers. Only the US, remained as a hold out.
Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union and under him the totalitarian system was established.
An early Soviet Union winter caused thousands of German soldiers to freeze to death :)
Mikhail Gorbachev was president when the Soviet Union collapsed into independent nations, begining in early in 1985.
Because Tajikistan was one the republics with made up the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a.k.a., the Soviet Union) and which gained independence in the early 90s.
The Soviet Union broke apart when communism fell in Europe in the late 80s, early 90s.
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency
The result of the rise to power of Nikita Khrushchev was he became the leader of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Nikita Khrushchev was leader of the Soviet Union in the early to mid-1960s.
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency The Iran-Contra affair
Yes, Both the Polar Bear Expedition and the American Expeditionary Force Siberia, landed In the Ports Of Arkhangelsk, and Vladivostok to Intervene In the 1920's October Revolution and fought against the Reds.
The Communist Bloc was created in the late 1940s and early 1950s by the Soviet Union. Essentially, the Soviet Union took over the countries and forced them into communism.