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List of bands that were banned from the USSR in 1985 Surprised to not see Metallica on the list. If you have a chance, watch their 1991 performance in Moscow on Youtube (Here). Coming just after the fall of the Soviet Union, the concert drew a crowd estimated between 500,000 and 1.6 million people. With Soviet soldiers standing guard, the crowds of young Russians headbanged to "Enter Sandman" as helicopters fly back and forth from above. Legend has it that people are still leaving the concert... #metal #ussr AETATESOLIS

01/ 1 - 4 RDS-2 Soviet nuclear test, 38 kilotons, 37 m tower, Semipalatinsk test site, 24 September 1951. 03/ 5 Soviet thermonuclear test, 37 m tower, 400 kilotons, Semipalatinsk test site, 12 August 1953. 02/ 6 - 9 60 years ago, on October 16, 1964, China conducted its first nuclear test. A uranium-235 fission implosion device, with a yield of 22 kilotons was detonated on a 102-m tower at the Lop Nur test site. #atomicbomb #nuclear #china #ussr AETATESOLIS

Fall of the USSR December 25, 1991 - At around 7:32 PM, the flag of the Soviet Union is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time. In its place, the flag featuring the traditional Russian tricolors is raised at 8:00 PM. Simultaneously, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as Soviet President, and handed his power to Boris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union was the world's first Communist nation, established on December 30, 1922. At the height of its existence, it was the largest country in the world, and shared borders with 12 other countries. On December 26, 1991, the USSR officially dissolved, and was transformed into the Russian Federation. #ussr#russia AETATESOLIS