On this day in 1953 the USSR detonated its first thermonuclear bomb. Of course, thermonuclear weapons pro ...
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1953: First Soviet Thermonuclear Bomb Detonated at Semipalatinsk
1953: First Soviet Thermonuclear Bomb Detonated at Semipalatinsk
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1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans
1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans
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1941: Operation Barbarossa was Led by Three Aristocratic Field Marshals
1941: Operation Barbarossa was Led by Three Aristocratic Field Marshals
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1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
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1955: The Mir Mine – Largest Diamond Mine in the USSR
1955: The Mir Mine – Largest Diamond Mine in the USSR
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1990: Boris Yeltsin Elected President of Russia
1990: Boris Yeltsin Elected President of Russia
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1970: Soviet Supersonic Airliner Tupolev Tu-144 Surpasses Mach 2
1970: Soviet Supersonic Airliner Tupolev Tu-144 Surpasses Mach 2
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1935: The First Line of the Moscow Metro Opened
1935: The First Line of the Moscow Metro Opened