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komputerswiat.pl • Physics • Vietnam
A Vietnamese physicist suffered a severe radiation accident while working with a Soviet-supplied particle accelerator due to a combination of safety lapses and human error, resulting in the amputation of his hand.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Captain Ramius, aboard the Soviet submarine Red October, secretly plans to defect to the US, initiating his plot by killing the political officer and utilizing the submarine's advanced, silent propulsion system.
britannica.com • Politics • Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika program aimed to restructure the Soviet Union's economy and politics, decentralizing economic controls and increasing local government authority, though facing significant bureaucratic resistance.