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The 260 pages that link to Soviet Union, each with the reason it gives.

• Warsaw PactRelated: The Soviet Union organized the alliance and held decisive political and military influence over it.

• Central AsiaRelated: Five present-day Central Asian states emerged from Soviet republics when the union dissolved.

• Aral SeaRelated: Soviet agricultural planning drove the river diversions that began the lake’s modern decline.

• Central planningRelated: Its planning institutions became the most influential large-scale example.

• Northern ExpeditionRelated: Soviet advisers and aid helped reorganize the Kuomintang and build its army before the campaign.

• Syr DaryaRelated: Soviet irrigation policy redirected Syr Darya water toward large-scale cotton production.

• Mongolian People's RepublicRelated: Soviet political and military support shaped the republic's establishment and development.

• Sergei ProkofievRelated: Prokofiev returned to live in the Soviet Union in 1936 and composed under its cultural system.

• ComeconRelated: Its industrial capacity and resource exports anchored the bloc's economic relationships.

• Ogaden WarRelated: The Soviet Union switched support from Somalia to Ethiopia during the war.

• André GideRelated: Gide’s 1936 visit and later account challenged favorable French perceptions of Soviet life.

• CrimeaRelated: Soviet rule brought Crimea into the Ukrainian Soviet republic in 1954.

• North Korean famineRelated: Its dissolution abruptly reduced supplies and economic support on which North Korea had depended.

• Władysław GomułkaRelated: Soviet leaders constrained Polish policy, especially during the 1956 crisis.

• OblastRelated: Soviet administration used oblasts extensively and shaped many current regional boundaries.

• First United FrontRelated: Soviet advisers and aid helped shape the alliance’s organization and military capacity.

• George F. KennanRelated: Kennan’s policy arguments addressed the Soviet state and its conduct.

• János KádárRelated: Kádár relied on Soviet backing and kept Hungary aligned with Moscow.

• Erich HoneckerRelated: Soviet support sustained East Germany, while Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies later weakened that backing.

• Venona projectRelated: Venona targeted encrypted communications sent by Soviet diplomatic and intelligence services.

• Ethnic federalismRelated: Its national republics illustrate how ethnicized territorial institutions can coexist with centralized rule.

• Zbigniew BrzezinskiRelated: Soviet control of his homeland helped make the Soviet state a central concern in his scholarship and policy.

• Chiang Ching-kuoRelated: Chiang lived and studied there for more than a decade before returning to China in 1937.

• People’s Democratic Party of AfghanistanRelated: Soviet ties shaped the party’s ideology, security support, and eventual military intervention.

• Primorsky KraiRelated: Primorsky Krai acquired its modern administrative identity under Soviet rule.

• RaionRelated: Its administrative practices influenced raion systems in successor states.

• Two Plus Four AgreementRelated: The Soviet Union accepted a unified Germany’s sovereignty and NATO membership.

• Bolshoi TheatreRelated: Soviet rule transformed the theatre’s funding, repertoire, and role as a national symbol.

• Political purgeRelated: Soviet political vocabulary and state campaigns strongly influenced modern uses of the word “purge.”

• Chukchi peopleRelated: Soviet rule transformed Chukchi settlement, schooling, herding, and political administration.

• Marina TsvetaevaRelated: Tsvetaeva returned there in 1939, facing surveillance, arrests, and isolation.

• Mongolian Revolution of 1990Related: Moscow’s declining control and support for reform widened the space for Mongolian political change.

• Aleksandr KarelinRelated: Karelin began his elite career representing the Soviet Union before competing for Russia.

• Anti-Rightist CampaignRelated: Soviet political shifts and the Hungarian uprising shaped Chinese leaders' fears of dissent.

• Trans-Mongolian RailwayRelated: Soviet assistance and strategic interests helped build the railway through Mongolia.

• ZapovednikRelated: Soviet policies repeatedly reshaped the size, purpose, and administration of zapovedniki.

• Arthur KoestlerRelated: Koestler’s early attraction to Soviet communism gave way to sustained criticism of its government.

• Askar AkayevRelated: Akayev’s political career began within its institutions during its final years.

• GLONASSRelated: GLONASS began as a Soviet satellite navigation program during the Cold War.

• Guy BurgessRelated: It was the state Burgess served and the refuge he reached after his exposure.

• Lee Harvey OswaldRelated: Oswald defected there in 1959, lived in Minsk, and returned to the United States in 1962.

• Phage therapyRelated: Phage therapy continued to develop there while it became less common in much of Western medicine.

• SECAMRelated: The Soviet Union adopted SECAM and helped make it a major international standard.

• TuvaRelated: Tuva entered the Soviet Union in 1944 and became part of the Russian republic within it.

• Wakhan CorridorRelated: Its Central Asian republics bordered the corridor during much of the 20th century.

• Nurek DamRelated: Nurek was planned and built under Soviet rule as part of regional development.

• Severny IslandRelated: The Soviet state established the nuclear test program on Novaya Zemlya.

• BhilaiRelated: Soviet assistance helped establish Bhilai Steel Plant.

• Novosibirsk OblastRelated: The oblast was established as an administrative unit during Soviet rule.

• Pavel FlorenskyRelated: Florensky continued scientific work under Soviet rule while religious institutions faced growing repression.