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and the USSR. It began in 1947 after the end of World War II and until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26 of 1991. The cold war started for a list of reasons; American fear of communist attack, USSR’s fear of American attack, Stalin’s dislike by President Truman, USSR’s fear of the US’s atomic bomb, USSR’s disagreement of capitalism and aim to spread world communism, USSR’s acts in the Soviet zone in Germany, America refusing to share nuclear secrets, USSR’s expansion west into…

Under Stalin’s control, the Soviet Union experienced a foundational transformation that served to create a new empire. The Communist Party became the core of the state, forming a government of party leaders and soviets, as well as replacing capitalist elements of the former era with the ideology of socialism. Stalin’s Soviet Union also underwent rapid industrialization, shifting the country’s chief economy from agriculture to manufacturing. Nevertheless, the push for industrialization saw…

The United States and the Soviet Union have had multiple stressing issues throughout history prior to and during the time of the second World War. Such issues were deep-seated mistrust and hostility due to the Soviet government withdrawing Russia from the first World War and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. During the second World War the United States and Soviet Union were allies, based on the common aim to defeat Nazi Germany. However, the Soviet Union’s antidemocratic…

the circumstances that led to the Sino-Soviet “split” during the Cold War. The main body of this investigation will assess the political and ideological relations, national interests, as well as varying views of regimes between China (PRC) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The split devastated the international communist movement while laying down the path that would later spark relations between China and the United States in 1971. Two sources, Sino-Soviet Crisis Politics: A Study of…

The goal of this research paper is to compare communism in the Soviet Union and China. Through research, the positives and negatives within each state show different approaches to the communist ideal and how the structures of government affected the economy and civil liberties of each society. Communism is an ideology that seeks to create human equality by eliminating private property and market forces. The idea of communism comes from the German philosopher Karl Marx, who argued that human…

under the leadership of Hitler. Adolf Hitler became the German dictator. WWII then began as the Allies felt that the spread of fascism and undemocratic practices needed to be halted. At this time, the Allies included both the United States and the Soviet Union; they were fighting on the same side, as the Big Three with Great Britain. After WWI, Stalin began to turn his back on promises he had made to the Allies at…

though expert workers, namely the proletariat, middle class, were employed on higher wages to increase production (Clare, 2014). Foreign trade was also allowed under the policy; however, it was controlled and regulated by the state (U.S Library of Congress,…

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The German, Japanese, and Italian empires vanished, and the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the big imperial winners (Dunn, 778). These two countries, U.S. and USSR had proclaimed their commitment to postwar unity and cooperation. (article) However, more catastrophe was created than was dissolved. The U.S. had hoped that…

Comparing Soviet Union and Russian Media Censorship run by the rulers of the USSR began when the state and church separated in 1918, and lasted until the late 1980’s. The Glavit, which was the censorship office, was created in 1922. Its purpose was to reject everything that opposed the new Soviet rule and that would “corrupt” its citizens’ minds to resist authority. The Glavit controlled disapproving newspapers, visual and performing arts, and all written publications. There was much hope that…