the Soviet Union in the 1990s; it was a monumental and also unique time in history. Satellite states spread‚ and a new‚ more democratic leadership took over Moscow. The fall of the Soviet Union interestingly did not occur due to successful US policies or military prowess. Instead‚ a suffering economy as a result of the expensive arms and space race‚ coupled with an unsuccessful war in Afghanistan and a series of bad harvests meant that‚ to a moderate extent‚ the collapse of the Soviet Union was a
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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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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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antagonism between the Soviet Union and the USA arises from the conflict of ideologies held by each state. Marxism ideology is adopted by the Soviet Union as the rationalization for a communist government and covers both economy as the structure of society and the perceived weakness of capitalism. The structure of society is on the basis of labor and the exchange of goods‚ and the distribution of goods and money between classes. A capitalist state ensures imbalance of power between the wealthy
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THE DREAM THAT FAILED: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE Research Question: What factors contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991? Paper Word Count: 3‚982 The work contained within is my own – unless otherwise cited _________________________________________
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Ukraine to soviet union The breakup of the Soviet Union was a pivotal event of the 20the century that changed significantly the political environment of the world. Million of people in Eastern Europe awakened from a bad dream as the communism collapsed. Poland and Ukraine are two of the countries that have come out of the Communist block and embarked in a transition‚ from the general characteristics of a Communist society (dictatorship‚ single-party system‚ state economy) to those of a capitalist
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to the international crisis of the time. From the moment of the Tsar’s abdication in March 1917 the Bolshevik party had sought to strengthen its control within Russia alongside promoting the spread of socialism and world revolution by the peasantry. Yet‚ with Lenin’s death and Stalin’s rise to power‚ there seemed to be a shift by which the party and country was operated. Indeed‚ by 1930 the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as
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relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union developed during World War II was built on classic convenience‚ not forged through strong diplomatic ties or anything of the sort‚ in fact‚ both nations had deep distrust with each other‚ the entire liaison was formed around the two countries mutual enemy‚ Hitler‚ and once that enemy had been defeated‚ the foundation in which the relationship was formed‚ slowly‚ but inevitably collapsed. The “alliance” with the Soviet Union during the war
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Collapse of the Soviet Union For most of the 1900’s‚ the Soviet Union was one of the most powerful countries in the world. They fought in both World Wars and they also helped to defeat the Nazis in World War 2. Even with all of their achievements‚ the Soviet Union’s government began to disagree with the people and even force their will upon them in the mid to late 1900’s and they finally collapsed in 1991. The collapse of the Soviet Union was caused mainly by internal issues that developed long
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The USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consisting of Russia and the surrounding countries. It was founded five years after the Russian Revolution. World War II lasted six years and almost all the countries of the world were engaged in it. It was a war between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan) and the Allies (mainly England‚ U.S.‚ and USSR). But today I will be focusing on the Soviet Union. They played a very dramatic role in the war and more people should know about
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