Secondly, the Union must launch two types of long-term action.

The Soviet Union has launched the first man into space.

At the end of last year, the Union launched an initiative intended to improve political dialogue with the region.

The Soviet Union launched the first space satellite in 1957.

In the 1980's, the Soviet Union frequently launched more than 100 large rockets a year.

In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space, everyone said we were behind and needed engineers.

This Union launched a protest campaign and directed workers to resort to partial industrial action.

Fishing began in the early 1960s, when the Soviet Union launched its first experimental operations.

Within months, the Soviet Union launched a war against Finland.

In 1955 the Soviet Union, for the first time, launched a ballistic missile from a submarine.