Four Republics Walk Into a Theater — a Superpower Walks Out
On December 30, 1922, delegates at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre proclaimed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, redrawing the map of the 20th century.
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The Day China Stood Up: A New People's Republic Is Proclaimed
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China from Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, before some 300,000 people gathered in the square below.