Soviet Union (1970s)

GPTKB entity

Statements (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:area ~22,400,000 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Soviet_ruble
gptkbp:endDate 1979
gptkbp:governmentType single-party socialist republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet Union (1970s)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkbp:mainIndustry gptkb:satellite
heavy industry
military production
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Five-Year_Plans
gptkb:1977_Soviet_Constitution
gptkb:urban_development
gptkb:Era_of_Stagnation
gptkb:Sino-Soviet_split
gptkb:censorship
gptkb:Jewish_emigration_movement
scientific research
dissident
state atheism
economic stagnation
Russification policies
collectivized agriculture
growth of black market
state planning
support for Cuba
promotion of Russian language
KGB surveillance
samizdat literature
environmental neglect
Moscow Olympics preparations
Sakharov's activism
Solzhenitsyn's expulsion
Soviet cinema (e.g., Tarkovsky)
Soviet literature (e.g., Brezhnev era writers)
Soviet–Afghan War (began 1979)
arms race with the US
chess world champions
dissolution of Prague Spring aftermath
détente with the United States
expansion of military spending
grain imports from the US
growth of nomenklatura
ice hockey dominance
nuclear parity with the US
refusenik emigration
space race participation
state-sponsored sports
support for Angola
support for Ethiopia
support for Vietnam
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Mikhail_Suslov
gptkb:Nikolai_Podgorny
gptkb:Alexei_Kosygin
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:population ~250 million
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Détente
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:SALT_I
gptkb:SALT_II
gptkb:Helsinki_Accords
gptkbp:spaceAchievement gptkb:Salyut_space_stations
gptkb:Luna_program
Soyuz missions
gptkbp:startDate 1970
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-19
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7