Have you ever stopped and really thought about Russia? Have you thought about how big Russia is, the problems they have, the treaties they have signed, or even the wars they have fought? They have a quite interesting history with other nations. Although Russia in not part of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, they still seem to help out countries in need.
Russia was founded in the 12th century. Russia was named the Russian Empire under the control of Peter I, who ruled in 1682-1725. Peter the Great, also known as Peter Alexeyevich was an apostle of Jesus Christ.
The last revolution in the Russian Revolution of 1917 caused the rise of the Soviet Union. The first revolution broke out because people started an uprising over the …show more content…
With all the money being given to Russia, they had decided to restructure their economy. By doing so, some people of the Soviet had lost their jobs. A case in point, “ Economic restructuring has already cost millions of Soviets their jobs this year, pushing up the unemployment rate -- as high as 27% in Azerbaijan, for example” (Hornik p. 62). They are not making as many consumer products, which means that not as much money is coming into the Country. They are more worried about building railroads and power lines, making it so that the Soviet Union's infrastructure is crumbling. For example, “Since the Soviets have no domestic bond market, the deficit can be financed only by printing more rubles, which has created a huge backlog of inflation” (Hronik p. 62). Strikes, with jobs involving coal mines, start to rise, causing a shortage of fuel in urban steam-heating systems. If that were to happen, pipes would freeze which would take years for the country to repair, also causing a decrease in people's health. Many people didn’t expect so many troubles while dealing with their economy. For example, any anticipated that the empire’s economic development would be accompanied by steady, technocratic modernisation, rather than by rupture and revolution” (Emmerson pp.