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Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922-1991. USSR, Soviet Union.

25th Anniversary of the End of the Soviet Union

Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer

Timeline of the 1990s

Communism - mosaic hammer and sickle with star on the Pavilion of Ukraine at the All Russia Exhibition Centre (also known as VDNKh) in Moscow. Communist symbol of the former Soviet Union. USSR

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

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How Secret Is Top Secret?

Operation Barbarossa, German troops in Russia, 1941. Nazi German soldiers in action against the Red Army (Soviet Union) at an along the frontlines in the early days of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941. World War II, WWII

75th Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

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The Largest Islands in the World

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History of Technology Timeline

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Ivan Ilyichev ý Head of GRU.	Satyavrat Nirala	Dec 08, 2014
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie, GRU.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 23, 2010
	New article added.	Jeannette L. Nolen	Feb 09, 2010