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WikiProject Soviet Union was created by Wikipedians to better organize information in articles related to the Soviet Union. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Parentage 4 Similar WikiProjects 5 Recognized content 5.1 Featured articles 5.2 Good articles 5.3 Did you knows (DYKs) 6 Formerly recognized content 6.1 Former featured articles 6.2 Former good articles 7 Related pages in Sister projects 7.1 Portals on former Soviet states 7.1.1 Eastern Europe 7.1.2 Caucasus 7.1.3 Baltics 7.1.4 Central Asia 7.2 Other related portals 7.3 Other related pages 8 Participants 9 Structure 10 Goals 11 Projects 12 Tasks 13 Templates 13.1 Infoboxes 13.2 Banners 13.3 Stubs 14 Categories 14.1 Meta 14.2 Unmeta 15 Lists 16 Articles 16.1 Peer review requests 16.2 In need of attention 16.3 Stubs 16.4 Votes for deletion 16.4.1 WikiProject Deletion sorting 17 Requests 18 Resources 19 Sister Project links

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WikiProject on Soviet Union

[edit] Scope

A lot of Wikipedia articles on the Soviet Union, aspects thereof, or its government are in a bad state. This project aims to improve the quality of all articles relating to the Soviet Union.

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this project is:

• WikiProject Countries

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Russia
• WikiProject Russian History
• WikiProject Ukrainian Subdivisions
• WikiProject Armenia
• WikiProject Azerbaijan
• WikiProject Georgia
• WikiProject Estonia
• WikiProject Central Asia
• WikiProject Caucasia

[edit] Recognized content

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Did you knows (DYKs)

• Battle of the Dnieper - 25 April 2006
• Aleksandr Bakulev - 16 January 2007
• Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920- 15 January 2007
• Soviet 76th "K. Y. Voroshilov" Division

[edit] Formerly recognized content

[edit] Former featured articles

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] Related pages in Sister projects

[edit] Portals on former Soviet states

[edit] Eastern Europe

• Portal:Russia
• Portal:Ukraine
• Portal:Belarus
• Portal:Moldova

[edit] Caucasus

• Portal:Armenia
• Portal:Azerbaijan
• Portal:Georgia

[edit] Baltics

• Portal:Latvia
• Portal:Lithuania
• Portal:Estonia

[edit] Central Asia

• Portal:Kazakhstan

[edit] Other related portals

• Portal:Cold War

[edit] Other related pages

• Commons:Soviet Union
• Commons:Category:Soviet Union
• Wikisource:Soviet Union
• Wiktionary:Soviet Union

[edit] Participants

• Dudtz Military history,Soviet/Russian.
• FrancisTyers
• MattOates
• KNewman
• Cmapm (usually accidental, i.e. unpredictable, edits of articles about the USSR and Soviet people; currently mostly expanding existing articles, creating relatively few new ones)
• Humus sapiens where do I pay my dues?
• abakharev OK, count me in
• Dejan Čabrilo
• 172 | Talk 20:20, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
• mikka (t) 20:57, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
• Michael Z.—mostly Ukrainian history and Soviet military, especially armoured fighting vehicles
• Messhermit - Military and Political information about the Afghan-Soviet War and his main Characters.
• DanCBJMS - if you need me in terms of broadcasting in the Soviet Union and also broadcasting post-1991, I have copies of the WRTH from the 1980s onwards (because I'm an SWL) in which I can translate into information in plain English. I also regularly scan sites such as TvRadioWorld.com and also use search engines such as MSN Search to find what I'm looking for. I contributed a lot of information to the Soviet television article, and I can't wait to do an article on the Soviet radio system, since they were parallel in every way. Daniel Blanchette 00:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Super6Eight Military information mostly about WWII (The Great Patriotic War)
• Explendido Rocha
• Zach ^{(Smack Back)}
• Solidusspriggan Specialties: the space race (especially Vostok program), the arms race (Rockets), soviet culture, as well as Lenin-era history and ideology(leninism).
• Nightstallion (?) 07:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
• Dudtz-Military history,Russian/Soviet Military,other Russo-Soviet related items.1/13/06 8:58 PM EST
• User:Jayanthv86.i will contribute a lot about soviet technological advances especially in the field of aircrafts and their foreign relations with south asian countries like india.
• ^relative_energy 03:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Tanzburg - Generalist but willing to help!! Specific knowledge on Soviet impact on the then Czechoslovakia.
• Small Profit - I'm still learning myself, but I know a fair amount and I write good English; I'm willing to do menial editing work.
• Mollsmolyneux
• Mcspiff Good knowledge of the KGB/NKVD/etc, and the Red Army. Native english speaker so Im willing to edit whatever is needed (also willing to help people write articles over IM/email).
• Jno russian/soviet aviation related things.
• LWF Aircraft of the Soviet Union, and Russia, I will be adding more as I get more info.
• Yeorin I'm no historian, but I can help clean up articles and typographical errors, and I have a general interest in the Soviet era. Count me in, if it's alright.
• MILH
• TSO1D I am mostly interested in military history, however I will try to contribute wherever something can be done.
• Zhukov I can help you guys out with World War II stuff concerning the red army in soviet russia. I can also help with soviet economics. Count me in.
• Aivazovsky
• Speedboy Salesman Generally good on Stalin's era, pre-WWII, during WWII and post WWII. I write good English as well.
• User:Mattt296 I Help
• User:Phillipmorantking General politics and overall help
• User:Nareklm
• User:Adereterial Particular interest in early Soviet History, particularly Russian Revolution and Kronstadt Rebellion.
• User:Count_de_Chagny Interested in Sino-Soviet Split and reasons of the collapse of the Soviet Union
• User: Andrea graziosi Prof. Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian history in the XX century. Edition of archival sources.
• Lord Gravitron I research Soviet political history as a hobby. Chief administrator of the Soviet political simulator Politika CCCP. Special areas of interest: 1924 and 1953 (interregnums after Lenin and Stalin respectively).
• User:Allen1861 Russian revolution, Russian/Soviet trade unions, Soviet politics 1920s-1930s, Old Bolsheviks.
• User:Aerobird Defending the Air and Sea Frontiers of the Rodina!
• User:VolatileChemical
• Ilyushka88
• Julian BH Interested in Soviet History
• Ash Sultan
• mqmpk (talk • contribs) History, Soviet era poets and literature, Great War
• silpol

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[edit] Goals

1. Standardise references to Soviet State organs.
2. Standardise category names. e.g. x of the Soviet Union or something other.
3. Expand soviet-stubs.
4. Expand articles.
5. Bring Soviet Union up to WP:WIAFA.
6. Improve articles with images from Commons:Category:Soviet Union, Commons:Category:PD_Soviet (over 1000 images) and other resources.
7. Improve categorisation of Soviet Union media in commons.

[edit] Projects

1. Soviet war in Afghanistan -> An important factor in the collapse of the USSR
2. Soviet armoured vehicles->Soviet Union was an important supportor and exporter of modernised weapons to many third world countries in asia,africa and south america.
3. Soviet Antarctic Expeditions. Not even a single of them is "recognized" in Wiki - see e.g. Template:Mil-antarctica and List of Antarctica expeditions. Although there were at least 20 [1] and a plenty of Soviet (then Russian) Antarctic stations established by them.

[edit] Tasks

1. Work on Gosplan article.
2. Move _ASSR articles to _Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

{{Infobox SSR}}

{{Infobox SSR}}

{{Infobox Soviet Union}}

{{Infobox Soviet Union}}

{{Soviet Republics}}

{{Anthems of the Soviet Republics}}

State Anthems of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics
	The Internationale (1922-1944) | Hymn of the Soviet Union1 (1944-1991; other languages) Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kyrgyz SSR | Latvian SSR | Lithuanian SSR | Moldavian SSR | Tajik SSR | Turkmen SSR | Ukrainian SSR | Uzbek SSR
	Anthems of short-lived Soviet republics
	Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956)

{{Flags of the Soviet Republics}}

Flags of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics
	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kyrgyz SSR | Latvian SSR | Lithuanian SSR | Moldavian SSR | Russian SFSR | Tajik SSR | Turkmen SSR | Ukrainian SSR | Uzbek SSR
Flags of short-lived Soviet republics	Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931) | Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) | Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)

{{Coat of arms of the Soviet Republics}}

Coats of Arms of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics
	Coat of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armenian SSR | Azerbaijan SSR | Byelorussian SSR | Estonian SSR | Georgian SSR | Kazakh SSR | Kyrgyz SSR | Latvian SSR | Lithuanian SSR | Moldavian SSR | Russian SFSR | Tajik SSR | Turkmen SSR | Ukrainian SSR | Uzbek SSR
Arms of short-lived Soviet republics	Abkhazian SSR (1921-1931) | Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) | Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)

{{Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union}}

Autonomous Republics of the Soviet Union

Abkhaz ASSR | Adjar ASSR | Bashkir ASSR | Buryat ASSR | Chechen-Ingush ASSR | Chuvash ASSR | Crimean ASSR | Dagestan ASSR | Kabardin ASSR | Kabardino-Balkar ASSR | Kalmyk ASSR | Karakalpak ASSR | Karelian ASSR | Kazakh ASSR | Komi ASSR | Kyrgyz ASSR | Mari ASSR | Moldavian ASSR | Mordovian ASSR | Nakhichevan ASSR | North Ossetian ASSR | Tatar ASSR | Turkestan ASSR | Tuva ASSR | Udmurt ASSR | Volga German ASSR | Yakut ASSR

{{Autonomous Oblasts of the Soviet Union}}

Autonomous Oblasts of the Soviet Union
	Adyghe AO | Gorno-Altai AO | Gorno-Badakhshan AO | Jewish AO | Karachay-Cherkess AO | Khakas AO | Nagorno-Karabakh AO | South Ossetian AO | Tuvan AO

[edit] Banners

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[edit] Stubs

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[edit] Categories

[edit] Meta

• Category:WikiProject Soviet Union - Article Talk pages with the WikiProject Soviet Union template on.

[edit] Unmeta

• Category:Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet Union
• Category:Anthems of the Soviet Republics
• Category:Soviet awards
• Category:Battles of the Soviet Union
• Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet culture
• Category:Soviet dissidents
• Category:Soviet documents
• Category:Economy of the Soviet Union
• Category:Education in the Soviet Union
• Category:Flags of the Soviet Union
• Category:History of the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia
• Category:Law enforcement in the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet media
• Category:Military of the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet people
• Category:Soviet phraseology
• Category:Prisons and detention centres of Russia and Soviet Union
• Category:Science and technology in the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet external politics
• Category:Soviet internal politics
• Category:Soviet Union stubs
• Category:Soviet state
• Category:Sport in the Soviet Union
• Category:Youth organizations of the Soviet Union
• Category:Soviet and Russian intelligence agencies

[edit] Lists

• List of Soviet Union-related topics
• List of Soviet movies of the year by ticket sales
• List of Gulag camps
• List of Antarctic expeditions by the Soviet Union
• List of people on stamps of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

[edit] Articles

Main list: List of Soviet Union-related topics

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Soviet Union/New articles

[edit] Peer review requests

• T-34 (Wikipedia:Peer review/T-34)

[edit] In need of attention

• USSR Border Troops Only includes NKVD era info, should be extended
• Education in the Soviet Union
• Gosplan
• Gulag
• Printed media in the Soviet Union (fresh cut from LOC)
• Research in the Soviet Union
• Treaty of Creation of the USSR
• Order 7161
• Stalinist architecture - Some good info and images, but npov issues.
• Military ranks of the Soviet Union - Creator wants to see if the information is factual

[edit] Stubs

• Aleksandr Morozov, tank designer
• March of the Soviet Tankmen
• Goskomtrud
• Gosstandart
• Gosstroy

• Vesenkha

[edit] Votes for deletion

• Votes for deletion (Article deletion):
• Votes for undelete (Article undeletion}:
• Templates for deletion:

Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Jewish_Communist_Organisations_in_Revolutionary_Russia

• Categories for deletion:
• Images for deletion:
• Redirects for deletion:

[edit] WikiProject Deletion sorting

Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Soviet Union-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Soviet Union.

There is currently a Russian Deletion sorting page (Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Russia) which will sometimes have relevant articles.

[edit] Requests

• Glavarkhiv
• The article of Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union is marked for AfD - please, help! --jno 08:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Resources

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