Congress of Soviets

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    Since he was a part of the new generation of leaders in the Soviet Union, he was a very dedicated reformer and this allowed for vast changes in the Soviet Union. This can be seen when “Gorbachev initiated the twin policies of glasnost(openness) and perestroika (restructuring), with the intentions of liberalizing and reforming communism” (O’Neil, 271). Gorbachev…

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    United States and the Soviet Union tried to have global hegemony after the WWII. It was a period full of threats, fear and persecution, which imposed its indelible mark on the conscience of the society of that time. In the reality, this conflict was bipolar, manipulative, propagandist and absurd clashed between 2 ideologist as capitalism and Communist. Throughout the different stages of the confrontation, the frontal and direct clash between the United States and the Soviet Union never…

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    and try to change it. The struggle for change it a long and hard war for reform.Mikhail Gorbachev is one of the special people who saw that something was wrong and changed it. HIs struggle to end communism in the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was born March 12, 1931 in Stavropol, Soviet Union. He was born a peasant. He joined the Young Communist League and became a state combine driver. He showed great promise and was enrolled in Law School. After law school ,he began to rise up the ranks of…

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    minorities and outside pressures.” In this speech, Truman did not state that the armed minorities were the Communists; however, no one at the time or thereafter doubted that that was what he meant. -Thus, on March 12, 1947, Truman announced to the Congress the Truman Doctrine. -The Truman Doctrine promised aid (mainly military) to pro-Western regimes under Communist attack (both civil and foreign). -The Truman Doctrine…

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    One of the results of the war that furthered the economic chaos in Europe and eventually the U.S. was many European nations became debtors to vice creditors of the U.S. This economic shift greatly impacted the international economy and reduced the international market for U.S. goods. This is not to imply concerns over the post-war global market caused the great depression of the 1930s, but it certainly contributed. By the early 30s, things in Europe began to unravel from the previous treaty,…

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    How Lenin Paved The Way For Stalin’s Great Terror Throughout the history of the Soviet Union, there have been numerous leaders who would influence future leaders with their policies and actions. However, there has been no greater influence than Vladimir Lenin had on Joseph Stalin’s style of leadership. Lenin’s policies and actions from 1917 to 1924 indirectly caused many of Stalin’s ideas to come to fruition, including his infamous Great Terror movement from 1936 to 1938. The Great Terror is…

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    years from 1955 to 1960, the United States of America developed and utilized U-2 aircraft to scout the military information of the Soviet Union. On May 1st, 1960, Khrushchev issued a decree for the Soviet missile troops to bring down a U-2 aircraft. This event is known as the famous U-2 Incident. Even though this offensive move maintained the sovereignty of the Soviet Union and the dignity of international law, the influence of this incident is far reaching by creating tension between the…

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    After World War II was over, the United States and the Soviet Union were at War. This is commonly referred to as the “Cold” War, there was no fighting involved, but it was the idea of the United States to stop communism to spread any more. To solve one of these problems, there was a Space Race going to happen, which later turned out to be a race to land a man on the Moon. Furthermore, I would like to discuss the competition between the Soviet’s and Americans, the basic facts of the mission, and…

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    the Cold War situation and elevated the fears of Americans. The fears of the American population grew immensely with the threat from communists looming over head. The threat overhead became real when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik.Because of Sputnik’s successful launch, the Soviets had the ability to launch a nuclear attack on america using missiles. Consequently, people had bomb shelters built, performed duck and cover drills, and made little kids wear dog tags out of fear of…

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    [FDR] died suddenly and catapulted Truman into the presidency. Truman had not been aware of the nature of Roosevelt’s long illness and knew little about crucial issues relating to the development of the atomic bomb, the increasing conflict with the Soviet Union and other wartime problems. Truman told the media, “I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me” (Freidel). Truman had been the compromise vice-presidential candidate chosen by the Democratic Party as…

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