The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly
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Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union‚ Italy‚ and Germany (by the way‚ all my essays are not very in depth because we have to write 2-3 600 word essays every week!) A totalitarian government is a modern autocratic regime in which the state controls all phases of society. It not only seeks to control the economical and political aspects of society‚ but also tries to direct the daily lives of its citizens. Totalitarianism strives to influence the attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and opinions of its people through
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After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant allies against Germany. They had very different political policies and philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections
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the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as a ‘second revolution’ and in a sense‚ it is somewhat justified due to
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The Space Race was considered an informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who could make the furthest advancements into space first. The Space Race involved exploring outer space with satellites and sending men to the Moon and bringing them back safely. The Space Race effectively began on October 1‚ 1957 when the Soviets launched the first ever manmade satellite‚ Sputnik. The Space Race was considered an analogy to the arms race that was going on at the same time
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To what extent was the Soviet Union responsible for the division of Germany from 1945 to 1949? Post-war Germany found itself in the middle of international tensions after its division – between the Allied powers of Britain‚ France and the USA and the Soviet Union under Stalin. However‚ the German nation that hoped for a new beginning could not do so due to the distribution of her land between the victors of the Second World War‚ and historians have since debated over who was to blame for this occurring
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In July 1940‚ Nazi Germany is at the peak of its take on Europe. Just a mere year after it has taken France and its lower countries‚ Adolf Hitler and his military began planning the invasion to take the Soviet Union. Naming the operation‚ Operation Barbarossa‚ Germany began envisaging its actions to cease the Soviet Union with its rich resources. Although a non-aggression agreement was signed between the two countries‚ Hitler did not pay heed to the agreement‚ he was instead very much caught up with
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The Soviet Union formally collapsed on December 26th‚ 1991. The dissolution of the world’s first and largest Communist state also marked the end of the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev (in office from May 25th‚ 1989- December 25th‚ 1991) was the leader of the Soviet Union mainly credited in driving the Soviet Union into near disaster. This collapse has been debated by many historians‚ whether it was inevitable or it was pressured into collapse. I focused my research on the causes of the collapse
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in relation to the labor power and employment structure in their respective countries. Japan and the United States are two of the powerhouses in the global market in the automobile industry. Firms in both countries share similar goals on maximizing its productivity and efficiency. Nonetheless‚ there are many differences in the labor power between Japan and the United States such as the structure of labor union and employment procedure. We will discover the labor power and employment system in both
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was a state of political and military tension after world WW2 between powers in western bloc and eastern bloc. The westerns bloc’s military is so much weaker than the new rising eastern bloc country because of the serious wound from ww2. It seems the western bloc country got no chance to win. But the cold war ends with the instantaneous collapse of Soviet Union. I think there is three reasons that caused Soviet Union lost this war. Frist of all it’s the awful foreign policy of Soviet Union that pushes
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