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1960s in the Soviet Union | HearLore
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1960s in the Soviet Union
Era of StagnationMikhail Gorbachev stood before the Communist Party in 1985 and labeled the previous decades as an Era of Stagnation. He used this phrase to describe the…
Sino-Soviet splitIn November 1945, Soviet commander Rodion Malinovsky ordered the Red Army to hand over Japanese weapons to Chinese communists.
Cuban Missile CrisisIn late 1961, Fidel Castro asked for more SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles from the Soviet Union. The request was not acted upon by the Soviet leadership.