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Coordinates: 54°46′N 61°20′E. Yemanzhelinsk ( Russian: Еманжели́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Yemanzhelinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located near the border with Kazakhstan on the eastern slopes of the Southern Ural Mountains, 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast.
Ethnographic map of the Soviet Union, 1970. In 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was removed from his position of power and replaced with Leonid Brezhnev. Under his rule, the Russian SFSR and the rest of the Soviet Union went through a mass era of stagnation.
Soviet military mapping of the world. The cartographic production produced by the USSR during the Cold War period is immense, encompassing all corners of the globe. These topographic maps have a quality and a detail that surprises, especially as some of them are so remote and difficult to access for the technology of the time.
The Soviet Union repulsed Axis attacks, such as in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk, which marked a turning point in the war. The Western Allies provided support to the Soviets in the form of Lend-Lease as well as air and naval support.
This World War II era map of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was published in December 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. International boundaries according to Russian treaties and claims as of October 1, 1944 are shown on this map.
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This lesson will explain some of the context for the major border changes that affected the Soviet Union as well as the roots and enduring legacy of its collapse. Using maps and primary source documents, it directs readers to think about different perspectives about border changes.