The Soviet Union was a communist nation and was involved, with the United States, in the Cold War. Russia, Belamisk, and Kazakhstan were both located in the Soviet Union. (TXF: "The Pine Bluff Variant"; "Patient X"; TLG: "Bond, Jimmy Bond")
The Soviet Union kept one of the last remaining storage of the Smallpox virus. (TXF: "Terma")
In the early stages of World War II, the Soviet Union entered into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. (TXF: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man") Soon, however, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The subsequent Soviet counteroffensive would become the main reason for Nazi Germany losing the war. (TXF: "Triangle")
According to Melvin Frohike, the Cigarette Smoking Man's father worked as a spy for the Soviet Union. He kept the Soviets informed on the United States' plans to enter World War II. (TXF: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
From 1945 to 1953, the population of the Soviet Union rose from 180 million to 800 million people (a statistic that proved to be false due to the Soviet Union not experiencing a post-World War 2 "baby boom" like the one in the West experienced at the time) . (TXF: "Travelers")
Early in the Cold War, top scientists in the Soviet Union were able to produce both cloning technology (the Gregor Series) as well as primitive Eugenics programs. (TXF: "Colony"; "Eve")
During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a fleet of Soviet minesweepers disappeared near Norway at the 65th parallel. (TXF: "Dod Kalm")
Colonel Calvin Henderson was a reclamations expert for the United States Air Force, which meant that he was heavily involved in keeping United States aircraft out of Soviet hands, by any means possible. (TXF: "Fallen Angel")
In 1980, the Soviet Union narrowly lost against the United States in an Olympic hockey game. According to Melvin Frohike, the Cigarette Smoking Man was responsible for the win by secretly injecting the Soviet goaltender with novocaine. (TXF: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
On December 24, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, signaling an end to the Soviet Union. (TXF: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")
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