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Attention: If a user is violating one or more policies, please report that user to an Administrator or Moderator. WELCOME TO THE U.S.S.R. 635 articles created since March 3rd 2012 Wikia Help Rules and Policies Administrators Chat Moderators Forums Welcome to The USSR, THE ONLY wiki dedicated to the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republic that anyone can edit! 635 articles since creation on March 3 2012 by Lord Edward Thunder Pants Not sure what Communism is? Find out! USSR WARS Poll Did You Know? Add a fact! <choose> <option>*...On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. Vostok 1 orbited Earth at a maximum altitude of 187 miles and was guided entirely by an automatic control system. The only statement attributed to Gagarin during his one hour and 48 minutes in space was, "Flight is proceeding normally; I am well." After this historic feat was announced, Gagarin became an instant worldwide celebrity. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and given the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.</option> <option>*...On April 13, 1941, During World War II, representatives from the Soviet Union and Japan sign a five-year neutrality agreement. Although traditional enemies, the nonaggression pact allowed both nations to free up large numbers of troops occupying disputed territory in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia to be used for more pressing purposes.</option> <option>*...On April 14, 19 Representatives of the USSR, Afghanistan, the United States, and Pakistan sign an agreement calling for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan. In exchange for an end to the disputed Soviet occupation, the United States agreed to end its arms support for the Afghan anti-Soviet factions, and Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to interfere in each others affairs. </option> <option>*On August 16, 1917, On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution. One month before, Czar Nicholas II had been forced from power when Russian army troops joined a workers' revolt in Petrograd, the Russian capital. </option> Featured Article:Mosin-Nagant Featured Media:USSR National Anthem The Mosin–Nagant (Russian: Винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: Vintovka Mosina) is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Imperial Russian Army, the Soviet Union and various other nations. Read more... Vote for the next month's featured article here