On that historic Christmas Day of 1991, the long and sad history of the Soviet Union came to a final and peaceful end.

就在这一历史性的1991年圣诞节，苏联漫长的历史终于来到了一个最后的和平结束。

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It was Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan whose policies won the Cold War and brought about the end of that monstrous blight on history, the Soviet Union.

玛格丽特·撒切尔和罗纳德·里根的政策赢得了冷战胜利，让可怕的苏联走到了历史的尽头。

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Shabby polyster suits are in the same dustbin of history as the Soviet Union.

皱巴巴的化仟服装同苏联这个名词一样被抛进了垃圾箱，已经成为历史。

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The origins of the unrest lie both in the recent turmoil in Kyrgyzstani politics, and in the country's history as a former state of the Soviet Union.

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In the history of the mouse, Engelbart was the Soviet Union.

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Given the Soviet Union's history of mass murder, subversion, and deceit, it is astonishing that even tangential association with Soviet-backed causes in the past does not arouse the moral outrage now that is still so readily evoked by connections with the (undisputedly revolting) regime in South Africa.

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