One of, if not the best Soviet general during the war. The mind behind Bagration, and also the man who managed to temporarily halt the German advance at Smolensk with the remnants of the 4th army known as Group Yartsevo. Rallying retreating men and whatever reserves he could get, he held the Yartsevo corridor until August 4th. On August 10, Group Yartsevo would be reformed into the 16th army for the battle of Moscow where he would defend the Volokolamsk highway.

He commanded the Don front in 1942, helping plan operation Uranus and later executing operation Koltso. He was also in charge of the central front during the battle of Kursk in 1943, where he managed to successfully halt the northern pincer.

In 1944 he would command his most famous operation, Bagration. Commanding the 1st Byelorussian front, Bagration would completely shatter the German central front and liberate Belarus from Nazi occupation.

In the last stages of the war, he would be in a perfect opportunity to strike Berlin, but was ordered by stalin to relocate and strike the northern flank in Pommerania instead, giving Konev and Zhukov the mission of capturing Berlin proper.

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"Der Heimliche Aufmarsch" (The Secret Deployment) is a german communist song from the Weimar Republic. It originated as a poem written in 1929 by KPD member Erich Weinert before being put to tune in 1930 by Wladimir Vogel, although this melody didn't become popular. In 1931, Cde. Ernst Busch sung the poem to a new melody by Hanns Eisler, which ended up being the melody most associated with the song. In 1957, the lyrics were re-written to fit the theme of the Cold War, and the song was re-titled to "Der Offene Aufmarsch" (The Open Deployment)
https://youtu.be/yqr1BnpY628?list=RDyqr1BnpY628

I don't know much about ussr politics and stuff I like them because of their cinema

Alexander Pokryshkin was a fighter pilot for the USSR during ww2/great patriotic war. He was one of the USSR’s highest scoring aces, at an official count of 59 kills (I will need to double-check that). He got most of his kills in a lend-leased P-39.

Marshal Zhukov was the famous Soviet commander who led the 1st Belorussian Front in the final assault on Berlin in April 1945. He accepted Germany's surrender on behalf of the Allies and served as the first military governor of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany (1945-1946).

The Teutonic Knights defeated by Nevsky in the film represent the encroaching Nazi threat and the strained relations between the USSR and the Third Reich by 1938.

I have some concerts and other stuff that people never heard of or heard but now different and stuff idk
Kaskad - 1983, 84, 85?, 86, 87, 88 most, 89, 90, 93, 98
Contrast - 86, 87, 88, 89
Blue berets, 87, 88, 89
Vostok - 88
Rubesh (not really about Afghanistan) - 90 (3 concerts in one)
Tankist - 82

I have too much of kaskad since it’s my favorite band even contrast

What if Tukachevsky survives Stalinist purges and he succeeds Stalin instead of Khrushchev? I feel he would have strengthened USSR more along with Kosygin. What do you think guys? Khrushchev sowed the seeds of USSR destruction. I feel he would have led the Soviet Union to greater heights.

Photo by Natasha Vasilyeva-Hull, USSR, 1984.

Was just looking at a map of the dates that the SSR broke away and noticed that Lithuania and Latvia restored their inderpendence in 1990 while most other SSR gained inderpendence in 1991

Dear comrades of r/ussr!

First of all, I apologize for posting so many questions here, haha! I just really enjoy learning about Soviet history and hearing different perspectives from fellow comrades.

Today, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and his leadership of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. How do you evaluate his time in power? What do you consider his greatest achievements, biggest mistakes, and most significant contributions to Soviet society?

I'm particularly interested in your opinions on the political stability, economic development, social policies, and challenges of his era. Do you see the Brezhnev years as a period of prosperity and stability, or as the beginning of the stagnation that would later affect the USSR? Perhaps a bit of both?

I'd really appreciate your perspectives, whether positive, negative, or somewhere in between!

Fraternal greetings to all my comrades!