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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (view source)
Revision as of 02:14, November 22, 2007
, 02:14, November 22, 2007→Rise of Stalin: restrictions on the employment of child labor were abolished
During the Second World War, the USSR was invaded by [[Nazi Germany]]. [[Adolf Hitler]] was an outspoken anti-Communist and longed to crush Russia. The German army, however, failed to capture Moscow, mostly due to the harsh Russian winter. Over twelve million Russians died in the Second World War.
During the Second World War, the USSR was invaded by [[Nazi Germany]]. [[Adolf Hitler]] was an outspoken anti-Communist and longed to crush Russia. The German army, however, failed to capture Moscow, mostly due to the harsh Russian winter. Over twelve million Russians died in the Second World War.
The Soviet Union supposedly was vocal in protecting workers' interests, however Isaac Deutscher noted after World War II restrictions on the employment of [[child labor]] were abolished.<ref>Isaac Deutscher, ''The Great Purges'', edited by Tamara Deutscher (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1984), p. 79.</ref>
{{Famine of 1933}}
{{Famine of 1933}}