The Soviets invaded Attack Poland on 17 September .

The Soviets used Using their air power to deal Resolve_problem harshly with both rebels Hostile_encounter and civilians , levelling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale villages to deny safe haven to the mujahideen , destroying Destroying vital irrigation ditches , and laying Placing millions of land mines .

The Soviets initially planned Arranging to secure Getting towns and roads , stabilize the government under new leader Karmal , and withdraw Removing within six months or a year .

The Soviets ' failure in the war is thought Coming_to_believe to be a contributing factor to the fall of the Soviet Union .

The Soviets scored Hold surprise victories over both Pakistan and England , leaving Departing England in danger of going out of their own tournament in the group stages : however they recovered Recovering to win Earnings_and_losses their final match , against the Dutch .

England topped Placing the group on goal difference with the Soviets to follow , the Dutch unfortunate to be in third .

The Soviets made Action a slightly better fist of the third-place play-off against the Germans , but in the end it was the Germans who clinched Getting third place .

The Soviets lost Earnings_and_losses approximately two divisions and a large amount of materiel , and roughly 8000 Soviet soldiers became Becoming prisoners Prison of war .

As a result of this split , the Soviets had cut Removing the main supply lifeline of Army Group South- the Lvov-Odessa railway .

Several days later , the remains of the Polish Home Army retreated Escaping into the forests , and the Soviets were in control of the city .

From the Polish point of view , while the German defeat constituted a Polish tactical victory , the ensuing destruction of the Polish units by the Soviets resulted in Causation a strategic defeat , especially considering the goals of Operation Tempest .

Initially , the Poles established Building control over most of central Warsaw , but the Soviets ignored Polish attempts to make radio contact Connect with them and did not advance beyond the city limits .

The Soviets found Know the wreckage under the sea on September 15 , and found Know the flight recorders in October , but this information was kept secret until 1993 .

Eagleson generated Creating additional controversy Judgment_communication when he refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to allow Preventing_or_letting the Soviets to take the Canada Cup trophy with them to the Soviet Union .

It was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Soviets who claimed Statement most of the territories for the Ukrainian SSR afterwards .

These forces were assisted Assistance by air sorties of the Western Allies and the Soviets against units of Generaloberst Alexander Löhr 's Army Group ‘ E ’ as the latter retreated Escaping from Greece .

Despite these victories , the Soviets themselves became Becoming over extended , setting up the stages for the German offensives of the Third Battle of Kharkov and the Battle of Kursk .

The Soviets became Becoming world champions for the fifth time , winning Getting all of their games .

Operation Bagration diverted Removing German mobile reserves to the central sectors , removing Removing them from the Lublin-Brest and Lvov–Sandomierz areas , enabling Preventing_or_letting the Soviets to undertake the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and Lublin–Brest Offensive .

A period of dual power ensued Coming_to_be , during which the Provisional Government held Hold state Statement power while the national network of Soviets , led Conquering by socialists , had the allegiance of the lower classes and , increasingly , the left-leaning urban middle class .

Many socialist political organizations were engaged Participation in daily struggle and vied Competition for influence within the Duma and the Soviets , central among which were the Bolsheviks ( `` Ones of the Majority '' ) led by Vladimir Lenin who campaigned Military_operation for an immediate end Process_end to the war Hostile_encounter , land to the peasants , and bread to the workers .

The situation climaxed with the October Revolution , a Bolshevik-led armed insurrection by workers and soldiers in Petrograd that successfully overthrew Change_of_leadership the Provisional Government , transferring Giving all its authority to the Soviets with the capital being relocated Removing to Moscow shortly thereafter .

The Bolsheviks had secured a strong base of support Supporting within the Soviets and , as the now supreme governing Control party Social_event , established Creating a federal government dedicated to reorganizing Reforming_a_system the former empire into the world 's first socialist state Statement , practicing Practice Soviet democracy on a national and international scale .

After the Congress of Soviets , the newly governing body , had its second session it elected Choosing members of the Bolsheviks and other left-wing groups such as the Left Socialist Revolutionaries to important positions within the new state of affairs .

The slogan of the October revolution was All Power to the Soviets , meaning all power to grassroots democratically elected Choosing councils .

For a time , this was observed Perception_active , with the interim Bolshevik-only Sovnarkom or Soviet government replaced Change_of_leadership by a Bolshevik-Left SR coalition government with an All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets composed Come_together of all representatives of all factions who supported Supporting Soviet power and legally entrenching Cause_change_of_strength the peasant land seizures .

In November , the Soviets attacked Attack Finland in the Winter War , resulting in much debate in France and Britain about an offensive to help Finland , but the forces finally assembled Come_together for this campaign were delayed Change_event_time until it ended Process_end in March .

Of the U-boats , 519 were sunk Motion by British , Canadian , or other allied forces Causation , while 175 were destroyed Destroying by American forces Causation ; 15 were destroyed Destroying by Soviets and 73 were scuttled Destroying by their crews before the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter for various causes .

The conflict began Process_start after the Soviets sought to obtain Getting some Finnish territory , demanding Request among other concessions that Finland cede Surrendering substantial border territories in exchange Exchange for land elsewhere , claiming Statement security reasons—primarily the protection of Leningrad , from the Finnish border .

This would be the last year that a separate European title Name_conferral would be awarded Giving , which the Soviets captured Getting in their last appearance before the dissolution of the Soviet Union seven months later .

The Canadians , having tied Connect both the Swedes and the Soviets , needed to win their game against the US by five goals , then hope that the Swedes and Soviets tied Connect , ensuring Preventing_or_letting Canada the gold .

The Canadians , having tied Connect both the Swedes and the Soviets , needed to win their game against the US by five goals , then hope that the Swedes and Soviets tied Connect , ensuring Preventing_or_letting Canada the gold .

The Soviets and Swedes took a 1-1 tie into the third period of the last game , which would have given Giving the gold medal to Canada had it held up .

In the wake of the Polish advance Cause_to_make_progress eastward , the Soviets sued Request for peace and the war Hostile_encounter ended Process_end with a cease-fire in October 1920 .

However , when this deadline came Self_motion in early 1946 , the Soviets , under Joseph Stalin , remained Presence in Iran .

Negotiation by Iranian premier Ahmad Qavam and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets by the United States eventually led to Causation Soviet withdrawal and dissolution of the separatist Azeri and Kurdish states .

Canada did not send Sending a team to the event for the first time since ice hockey was first competed Competition at the Olympics in 1920 , instead competing Competition with and defeating Conquering the Soviets in a competition Competition later that year known as the Summit Series .

The Soviets were playing Participation without goaltender Tretiak for the first time since 1969 .