The USA and the USSR as World Superpowers‚ 1945-1991 Harry Truman-President‚ USA Joseph Stalin‚ USSR The roots of the Cold War Almost as soon as the Second World War ended‚ the winners started to argue with each other. In particular‚ a bitter conflict developed between the USA and USSR. This struggle continued until the late 1980s. Walter Lippmann‚ an American journalist writing in the 1940s‚called it a ’cold war’ and the phrase has been widely used since. Historians have produced three
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role in reducing tensions during the Cold war for example the United States and the USSR‚ helped relieve the public about an outbreak of a nuclear war and significantly reduced the number of nuclear weapons in the world. The arms limitation talks reduced tension during the Cold War by promoting the idea of peace. The first talks about arms limitations tried to reduce tensions between the United States and the USSR. Although these talks did not seem to be effective at first (SALT I) they brought
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at the time of Lenin’s death there was no obvious successor to lead the USSR? (12) Although Lenin’s death was relatively expected‚ there was still a lot of confusion over who would succeed him to lead the USSR. There are a number of reasons to why this occurred but there are still disputes about who Lenin wanted to succeed him and why he didn’t leave someone who he thought would be best for the job in charge of his beloved USSR. Despite Lenin having preferences‚ nobody was aware of these preferences
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and 1979. The détente was a permanent relaxation of the tension between the USA and USSR. The tension grew after the Cuban missile crisis. The achievements of détente were the SALT I (strategic arms limitation talks) and Helsinki agreements in 1975. Although‚ the difficulties in their implements can be perceived as limitations. The limitations were the improvements of the relations between the USA and the USSR and china. Some of the limitations were that détente did not reduce tension in all areas
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founding the USSR and joined it as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkSSR). At the time‚ the leaders of the USSR became aware that the people of Ukraine greatly resented their new regime. To indirectly pacify this resentment‚ the leasers in Moscow permitted a great amount of local autonomy in the UkSSR. This was to prevent uprising and instability in their newly founded Soviet Republic. The genocide When Joseph Stalin came to power in 1924‚ he wanted to merge all areas of the USSR‚ as well
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industrialized USSR‚ the First five-year plan was designed to increase production in heavy industry‚ mainly coal‚ iron and electricity. The capitalist man looks disgusted and angry. He was proved wrong by the USSR. Who the poster was aimed at This poster is aimed at the USSR. It is used to prove Stalin’s efficiency for plans and running the USSR‚ improving it. Stalin uses this poster to show his intelligence‚ his right to be a leader. Before the five-year plans‚ the USSR was poor but
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Joseph Stalin’s First and Second Five Year Plans Abstract As an adolescent residing in a Post-Soviet State‚ where the successes and failures of Joseph Stalin’s economic policies are hotly debated to this day‚ it is important to hold a discerning opinion. Therefore the research for this extended essay is conducted according to the question: “To what extent were Joseph Stalin’s Five-Year Plans from 1928 to 1937 successful in achieving the domestic economic goals‚ which he had designated?” Hence
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Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In 1952‚ the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was established in which scientists stated that in the time between July 1‚ 1957 and December 31‚ 1958‚ solar activity would be at a high point. The IGY made it so that both the US and the USSR became determined to be the first to reach space‚ and so the space race was born. During the space race‚ the USSR made many launches that
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policy brought glory to the USSR" Discuss the accuracy of this statement in terms of the economic and social impacts on Russia between 1928 & 1941 The statement "Stalin’s economic policies brought glory to the USSR" is accurate in terms of the economic impacts between 1928-1941‚ but in terms of the social aspects that happened between the same time frame the statement is overshadowed and no longer accurate. The economic policy did bring some sort of glory towards the USSR‚ but the social policy which
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and Continuities in America from 1900 -1990 During the 20th century‚ many international relationships changed throughout the world. America‚ for example‚ experienced changes and continues throughout this time. America’s relations changed with the USSR after World War II from allies to enemies‚ the US’s controlling relations with Cuba to enemies‚ and the United States position to global power. Even though the Unites States of America had many changes‚ there were some things that stayed the same.
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