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The winter of discontent As the euphoria that followed the failed August Coup fades, even newly politicized Soviets are overwhelmed by yet another round of sacrifices required by the dismantling of communism
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THE FAILED COUP, IS A MEMBER OF THE GLOBE STAFF.
Muscovites call it babye leto, the weeks of Indian summer when
the sun breaks through the autumn clouds and warms the Soviet capital
one last time before winter's onslaught. It arrives in September
every year like clockwork, they say, in time for one more trip to
summer dachas, for one more walk through the woods to pick wild
mushrooms, for one last gasp of outdoor revelry before the snows.
And, this year, babye leto would come just...
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Russia vs. the Soviet Union; by declaring its independence from the Kremlin, the Russian heartland has destroyed the U.S.S.R. (column)
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; The Soviet Union, which claims sovereignty over one sixth of the globe and 290 million people, has virtually disintegrated. The dissolution of the political, economic and cultural ties between the center and the periphery, among the 15 republics and even within the Russian heartland itself, has
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Soviet Union, Israel renew diplomatic ties
Chicago Sun-Times
; JERUSALEM Israel and the Soviet Union restored diplomatic relations today after a 24-year rupture. The announcement came in a joint statement issued here by Foreign Ministers David Levy of Israel and Boris Pankin of the Soviet Union. Israel long had insisted that the Soviet Union would have to
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Restrictions Eased on High-Technology Exports; U.S., Allies Allow Sales of All but Most-Advanced Equipment to Soviet Union, East Europe
The Washington Post
; The United States and its allies agreed last night to an extensive relaxation of barriers to the sale of technology with potential military application to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, but stopped short of allowing Moscow to buy the most advanced computers and telecommunications systems, a
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The Soviet Union and the Vietnam War
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