Questions and Answers about
Soviet Union
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in HistoryWhat was the first American fast-food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union?
Answer: Two months after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, McDonald’s opened its doors in Moscow – the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union. 33 years later, on May 16, 2022, McDonald’s confirmed that it is selling its 850 restaurants in Russia, increasing the country’s isolation over its war in Ukraine.
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in HistoryHow many Soviet people died in World War II?
Answer: During World War II, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia, the Soviet Union lost 27 million people. May 6 marks the celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over the Nazis in WWII. Russians regard Victory Day as a national holiday. A massive military parade is held on Red Square to commemorate the…
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in HistoryThe United States “temporarily relocated” its diplomatic personnel in Ukraine to Lviv in Feb. 2022. Which empire ruled Lviv until WWI?
Answer: The city of Lviv was part of Galicia, the largest, most populous, and northernmost province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the dissolution of the monarchy at the end of World War I in 1918. On the other hand, Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was part of the Russian empire, changed hands sixteen times from 1918 to…