I only know about the Cuban Missile crisis from MGS3, the Russians moved missiles to Cuba to fire at America or something?#
The USSR/Soviet Union, invaded countrys around it and created a Communist threat to the west, after WWII a Nuclear Arms race began between Russia and the United Staes Of America, I read they once had 32,000 Nuclear Warheads each, the World as we know it nearly came to a end when the Cuban Missle Crisis was on, both the USSR and the USA were inches away from firing missles at eachother.
The Soviet leaders were muderous people, whom starved their people, it proves Communism doesn't work because the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the secret Russian police the KGB were changed into a different name and Boris Yelstin was elected as the countrys leader, he then handed over to President Putin who was a KGB Spy.
The Soviet Union's second ever leader was one of the worst mass muderers in history, many and I, believe he was worse than Hitler and he also killed more people than Hitler, you know the quote from Churchill? 'An iron curtain has fell over Europe'? well he's referring to the Soviet Union in control of half of Europe.
The first leader of the Soviet Union was Vladimir Lenin, his body can be seen in the tomb in Moscow, at the Red Square were many famous Soviet Parades with Nuclear Missles were held, Stalin was laid next to him there on display, but later his body was removed and was laid to rest outside the Kremlin wall, still today you can see Lenin's Body in a Glass tomb and you can still see many Soviet statues around Russia, Stalin Statues and Lenin statues, even the old Soviet Submarines which are slowly rotting in the artic still bear the heads of Stalin and Lenin.
That's my essay for you