Soviet Empire
Soviet Empire was a term used to critically describe the actions and nature of the Soviet Union. It gained popularity after US President Ronald Reagan famously denounced the USSR as an "Evil Empire" in a 1982 speech to the British House of Commons.Though it was not ruled by an Emperor and never formally considered itself to be an Empire, the Soviet Union had many imperialistic tendencies that had been common in historic empires.
Some of the Imperial features of the Soviet Union included:
- Territorial expansion through invasion
- Interest in conquering "foreign" lands (eg: Afghanistan)
- Strong central "Imperial" government controlling the governments of all subsidiary territories
- Imposition of puppet governments in neighbouring countries
For these reasons and others, the Soviet Union is sometimes considered by historians to be one of the main empires of history, equal to such notables as a the British Empire or the Ottoman Empire.
At the height of its existence, the "Soviet Empire" consisted of the following nations:
of the Britons, never after recovered the sovereignty of the
themselves, and at another with the Saxons, never ceased to have
the later Welsh and Saxon kings to others, "Whom I bid be silent
book in the British speech which Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford,
been at the pains of translating into the Latin speech."
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The Mabinogion, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest.
by Sebastian Evans.
although he warned people not to write about the British kings,
write about them, and especially about Arthur.
In 1155 Geoffrey died, and that year a Frenchman, or Jerseyman
Li Romans de Brut or the Romances of Brutus. This poem was
which Wace has added something of his own. Besides Wace, many
was still the language of the rulers of our land. It is to these
something new which was now added to the Arthur story.
Walter Map, like so many of the writers.html">writers of this early time, was a
John, the bad king, sat upon the throne.
The first writers of the Arthur story had made a great deal of
knocks given and taken. Later it became softened by the thought
hard knocks for the sake of a lady they loved, and in the cause
the Quest of the Holy Grail.
The Holy Grail was said to be a dish used by Christ at the Last
blood which, when Christ hung upon the cross, flowed from his
Arimathea, and by him was brought to Britain. But after a time
remembered in some dim way.
And this is the story which the poet-priest, Walter Map, used to
knights of the round table set forth to search for the Grail.
dark waters. They fight with men and fiends, alone and in
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