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Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II

Soviet atrocities against POWs in World War II: the NKVD Katyn massacre of nearly 22,000 Poles (March 1940 Politburo decision), harsh captivity of German and other Axis prisoners, and Gulag-bound filtration of returning Soviet POWs.

Soviet brainrot

Soviet brainrot: an internet meme genre pairing Soviet aesthetics with absurd content, from Soyuzmultfilm character edits (2021–2024) to the January 2026 AI mockumentary wave with Cheremsha, Brdyshch, and Syomga.

Soviet calendar

The Soviet calendar, also called the Soviet revolutionary calendar, refers to Soviet reforms of 1918 to 1940: the Gregorian adoption and five- and six-day work weeks.

Soviet Central Television (Центральное телевидение СССР)

Soviet Central Television (Центральное телевидение СССР) was the state television broadcaster of the Soviet Union, producing and transmitting national programs from Moscow from 1957 to 1991.

Soviet children's literature

Soviet children's literature (советская детская литература) is the body of writing for children produced in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991, where Chukovsky and Marshak built a state publishing tradition.

Soviet Civil Administration in Korea

The Soviet Civil Administration in Korea (소련군정) was the Soviet military's occupation government over northern Korea from August 1945 to the end of 1948, north of the 38th parallel.

Soviet collectivization in the Caucasus

Soviet collectivization in the Caucasus was the campaign begun in 1929 to merge individual farms into kolkhozes, met by resistance so violent Moscow suspended it in several Muslim districts.

Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina (Червона Україна)

Chervona Ukraina (Червона Україна) was a Soviet cruiser sunk by German dive-bombers at Sevastopol on 12 November 1941, the only Soviet cruiser lost in the war.

Soviet deportations from the Caucasus

The Soviet deportations from the Caucasus were the removal of about a million people, whole ethnic groups like the Chechens and Ingush, to Central Asia in 1943 and 1944.

Soviet detective fiction

Soviet detective fiction is crime literature produced in the USSR from the 1920s to the 1980s, centered on the militsiya procedural about ordinary Soviet police rather than lone detectives.

Soviet documentary prose

Soviet documentary prose (документальная проза) is a genre of Russian and Soviet non-fiction built from real events, documents, and testimony, flourishing after the Thaw-era "documentary explosion" of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Soviet economic reform of 1965

The Soviet economic reform of 1965, usually called the Kosygin or Kosygin–Liberman reform, judged enterprises by profit and sales instead of gross output, but was rolled back between 1968 and 1973.

Soviet famine of 1932-33

The Soviet famine of 1932-33 (Голод 1932-1933 годов) was a mass famine in the Soviet Union's grain regions, killing several million after forced collectivization and grain procurements.

Soviet famine of 1932–1933

The Soviet famine of 1932–1933 (Голод 1932–1933 годов) was a mass famine caused by Stalin's forced collectivization and grain procurements, killing roughly 5 to 7 million people, most of them in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Soviet famine of 1946–1947

The Soviet famine of 1946–1947 (Голод в СССР 1946–1947) was the fourth and last famine in Soviet history, killing roughly 1 to 2 million people, worst in Moldavia and southern Ukraine.

Soviet Figure Skating Championships

The Soviet Figure Skating Championships, also called the championship of the USSR (первенство СССР), were the Soviet Union's national championships, first held in 1924 and last held in Kiev in December 1991.

Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet invasion of Manchuria, or Operation August Storm: the USSR's 9 August 1945 offensive that crushed the Japanese Kwantung Army in six days, occupied Manchuria, Sakhalin, the Kuriles, and northern Korea, and figured centrally in debates over Japan's surrender.

Soviet invasion of Poland

Soviet invasion of Poland, also called the Red Army's 17 September 1939 entry into eastern Poland, executed the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop protocol and partitioned Poland with Nazi Germany, who had invaded on 1 September.

Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin

Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin, the South Sakhalin Offensive Operation (Южно-Сахалинская операция), 11–25 August 1945: 56th Rifle Corps and Pacific Fleet landings seized Japanese Karafuto, taking Toyohara and 18,320 prisoners.

Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands

The Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands (18 August to 5 September 1945) occupied the Japanese-held Kuril chain, including the four Southern Kurils Japan calls the Northern Territories, ending with 1946 annexation, deportation of about 17,000 Japanese residents, and an unresolved sovereignty dispute.

Soviet Military Administration in Germany

The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD, Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland) governed the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from 1945 to 1949, headed by Marshal Zhukov from Berlin-Karlshorst.

Soviet military assistance to Angola

Soviet military assistance to Angola was the supply of arms, advisers, and training to the MPLA from 1956 until 1991, peaking during the 1975 civil war.

Soviet montage theory

Soviet montage theory, also called the Soviet school of montage, is 1920s Soviet film theory holding that meaning arises from shot juxtaposition, developed by Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, and Vertov, exemplified by Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps.

Soviet Naval Aviation

Soviet Naval Aviation (Morskaya Aviatsiya, SNA) was the Soviet Navy's air arm, one of five Soviet air forces, with about 50,000 personnel and 1,200+ aircraft, centered on missile-armed Badger and Backfire bombers, maritime reconnaissance, ASW, and Kiev-class carrier aviation.

Soviet Navy (Военно-морской флот СССР)

Soviet Navy (Военно-морской флот СССР), the USSR's naval service 1918–1991; grew from a WWII-devastated coastal force into the world's second largest navy under Stalin and Admiral Gorshkov, centered on submarines, naval aviation, and missile ships, dissolving into the Russian Navy in 1991.

Soviet Navy warships sunk by aircraft in World War II

German aircraft sank eleven large Soviet Navy warships between 1941 and 1945, mostly in harbor or after prior damage; the leader Tashkent absorbed roughly 300 bombs in one day.

Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

The Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (Занятие Бессарабии и Северной Буковины) was the 1940 transfer of Romanian territories to the Soviet Union under an ultimatum.

Soviet occupation of Hungary

The Soviet occupation of Hungary was Soviet military and political control of the country from late 1944, run through the Allied Control Commission, until Soviet troops left in 1991.

Soviet occupation of Romania

The Soviet occupation of Romania was the Red Army's fourteen-year presence from April 1944 to the summer of 1958, during which a communist regime was installed and King Michael I was forced to abdicate in 1947.