07/05/13 History – Source-based questions. 1) a. According to Source A‚ the USSR is not a threat to Germany because it is not in their interest to overrun Germany. Also Source A pin points the weaknesses of the Soviet Republic such as their need for economic aid for a ruined economic system and the fact that its soviet ideals have robbed itself of a large part of its economic strength‚ hence emphasizing on the fact that the USSR is not a threat to Germany. b. Source A’s purpose if to inform the Reichstag
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Account for the “failure of democracy” in Eastern Europe (excluding the USSR) in the period 1918-1939. According to Robert A. Dahl‚ there are certain criteria that a government must meet for it to be called a democracy. Democracy must provide first of all‚ opportunities for effective participation‚ where all members of an association concerned with a certain policy ‘must have equal and effective opportunities for making their views known to the other members as to what the policy should be’
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Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ which was established in 1922‚ was the first communist state in the world. Run by the general secretary‚ the equivalent of the position of the president in the United States‚ the communist party controlled the government‚ and the government controlled all of the industry and agriculture. Yet‚ under such strict government control‚ the Soviet Union ended in collapse in the year 1991. The main contributing factor towards the downfall of the USSR was the poor state of the
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How successful was Leonid Brezhnev in dealing with the economic problems of the USSR after 1973? • During the 1970’s‚ the Soviet economy started to slow down despite efforts to increase production‚ especially in consumer goods. (Not a effective model for producing consumer goods because production levels and prices were not determined by the forces of supply and demand. • The Five Year plan remained the model for economic. • Despite all this‚ the Five Year Plans remained the model for economic
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History Why were Stalin’s opponents unable to prevent him from becoming the leader of the USSR by 1929? There are several reasons why Stalin’s opponents were unable to prevent him form becoming the leader of the USSR by 1929; the personality’s of the opponents being a hinting factor for themselves‚ Stalin’s cunning and sly ways to get what he wanted in the party‚ and Lenin’s testament not being publicly read out. Trotsky was Stalin’s main opponent for the next leader after Lenin’s death. Trotsky
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Rakosi‚ and was implemented successfully by the beginning of the 1950’s. Consecutively‚ Albania (1945)‚ Bulgaria (1945)‚ Poland (1947)‚ Romania (1945-47)‚ Hungary (1947)‚ Czechoslovakia (1945-48) and East Germany (1949)‚ fell within the grasp of the USSR through the formation of coalitions‚ discrediting and executing opposing forces until the communist party alone was in power. The plan to take a nation ’slice by slice’ was especially effective in the case of Hungary‚ where the country was invaded
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How far do Stalin’s fears and suspicions account for the extent of the terror in the USSR in the years 1936-39? One of the definitive factors of Stalin’s Russia is the mass array of terror he cast over his nation during his tyrannous reign which was fuelled by purges of people from all walks of life; this stemmed from kulaks on the collectivised farming to ‘saboteurs’ in the industrial aspects who were said to be at fault for un met quotas. Stalin held his country in peril‚ but for what reason
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How far has the historical debate about the origins of the Cold War changed since the collapse of the USSR in 1991? For forty-five years‚ the Cold War was at the center of world politics. It dominated the foreign policies of the two superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union- and deeply affected their societies and their political‚ economic and military institutions. The Cold War also shaped the foreign policy and domestic politics of most other
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To what extent had the USSR recovered from the impact of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) by the time of Stalin’s death in 1953? Although VE celebrations started on 24th June 1945‚ peace was declared on the 9th May in Moscow. There are differing opinions on the amount of deaths that were caused by the Great Patriotic War (for example‚ Kenez estimates 26-27 million‚ many of whom were prisoners of war‚ whereas Hoskings estimated 20-25 million‚ many of whom were killed indirectly by the war‚ by means
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‘Khrushchev fell from power because he failed to convince the party of the need to carry out fundamental reform in the USSR’ Introduction: Talk about how after Stalin’s death he set about on de-Stalinisation and reform the Stalinist system that had previously consisted of terror and repression Khrushchev had a lot of good ideas that he wanted to implement but due to the bureaucratic nature of the Soviet party officials weren’t keen on implementing certain reforms which offered no benefits to them
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