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The Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at 92

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union before its collapse, has died at the age of 92, according to state media. Gorbachev was born in Privolnoye, just east of modern-day Ukraine, and he grew up as a committed communist during World War II. He climbed through the party’

space race

Who’s winning the space race?

Who started the space race? The first space race began in the mid 20th century between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) as an offshoot of the Cold War. This race was a series of competitive technological advancements between the two, and it began with the Soviet Union’