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radioactive waste
(Encyclopedia) radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents…Women's Olympic Basketball
Multiple gold medals: USA (7), USSR/UT (3).Year 1976Soviet Union, United States, Bulgaria1980Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia1984United States, South Korea, China1988United States,…Men's Olympic Gymnastics: Team Combined Exercises
Team Combined ExercisesYear Points1904 United States 374.431906 Norway 19.001908 Sweden 4381912 Italy 265.751920 Italy 359.8551924 Italy 839.0581928 Switzerland 1718.6251932 Italy 541.…A Guide to New Nations
Fledgling countries that have emerged since the 1990s by David Johnson NEW NATIONS Former Soviet Union Baltic Region: EstoniaLatviaLithuania Eastern Europe:…Men's Olympic Biathlon
Multiple gold medals (including relays): Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (8); Aleksandr Tikhonov, Ricco Gross, Sven Fischer (4); Mark Kirchner, Halvard Hanevold, Emil Hegle Svendsen (3); Anatoly…Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Encyclopedia) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Rus. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, former republic. It was established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991. The Soviet Union was…Movies and Film: Eastern European Film History
Eastern European Film HistoryMovies and FilmEastern European Film HistoryVolga Displays: A Brief History of Russian FilmmakingOther Eastern European Cinemas: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, PolandAvant-…Women's Olympic Gymnastics
At least 4 gold medals (including team events): Larissa Latynina (9); Vera Cáslavská (7); Polina Astakhova, Nadia Comaneci, Agnes Keleti and Nelli Kim (5); Olga Korbut, Ecaterina Szabó and…collective farm
(Encyclopedia) collective farm, an agricultural production unit including a number of farm households or villages working together under state control. The description of the collective farm has…Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin flew into orbit aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I on 12 April 1961, becoming the first man in space. He orbited the Earth once (his capsule was controlled from the ground) before…Trending
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