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 | | The Soviet Union became the primary model for future Communist states during the Cold War; the government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only permitted political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
 | | Although ravaged by the war, the Soviet Union emerged from the conflict as an acknowledged superpower. |
 | | For a time, war between the former allies appeared to be a possibility; while relations would cool during the 1970s, they would not return to normalcy until the Gorbachev era. |
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