Word: leninism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 1,000 Soviet troops sealed off Lenin Square, which houses the Armenian Supreme Soviet Building. Three tanks circled the square and then drove off. Elsewhere, troops set up roadblocks on streets leading to and from Yerevan while others waited in armored personnel carriers at the edge of the city. "The violence is in Stepanakert," said an irate citizen. "Why do they need tanks here...
...There are troops and tanks. I don't want to say the whole city is surrounded, but at Lenin Square and other areas where there are government buildings there are hundreds of soldiers," said the deputy director of Armenia's official news agency, Armenpress...
...thing, the Olympics are the centerpiece of Soviet athletic life and are regarded as a vital means of demonstrating Communism's moral superiority. After the triumph over the U.S. in Montreal, for example, some 347 athletes, coaches and officials were honored with such prestigious decorations as the Order of Lenin. By contrast, sporting life in the U.S. centers on professional teams, and the rewards are commensurate: Edwin Moses, the greatest hurdler who ever lived, earns through fees and endorsements about $500,000 a year, roughly the wage of a journeyman major-league baseball player. Football drains away sprinters to become...
After two weeks of growing tensions, the mood inside the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk suddenly brightened. Clad in scruffy trousers and jackets, some of the workers occupying the facility joked with one another and guzzled soft drinks. As the afternoon sun beat down on the Baltic port, 3,000 men gathered to sing the Polish national anthem. Then the gates of the shipyard swung open and the throng poured into the streets, marking the beginning of the end of the worst labor unrest to shake Poland since...
...some youthful militant strikers, dubbed the "young savages," were sharply critical that Walesa failed to get a firm commitment that Solidarity will be legalized again. "I have obtained over 100% of what was possible with what strength I have," said Walesa amid disapproving whistles during a speech at the Lenin shipyard. He later told the workers that he chose the "path of agreement" because a repeat of their earlier struggle with the regime could lead to civil...