USSR

Is it true that NASA spent a million dollars on creating a “space pen”, while the USSR made do with a simple pencil?

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Did Margaret Thatcher say that the economically viable population of Russia is 15 million people?

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Did Stalin say: “We have no irreplaceable people”?

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Is it true that Yegor and Arkady Gaidar are not relatives?

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Is it true that in the Russian army bromine is added to soldiers' food to reduce potency?

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Is it true that there was a monument to Judas Iscariot in the USSR?

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Is it true that Stalin banned the installation of telephones in the USSR, calling it a tool of counter-revolution?

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Did Vysotsky say: “I have grievances against my country, but I won’t resolve them with you”?

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Five quotes attributed to Lenin

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Did Georgy Zhukov say: “Don’t spare the soldiers, the women are still giving birth”?

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Is it true that the USSR did not approve a man named Gondon as the General Secretary of the French Communist Party?

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Is it true that at a reception with the Queen of England, Gagarin ate a lemon in violation of etiquette?

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