Soviet Union

The demise of the Soviet Union would seem to be a victory for the Soviet West because they had lived under the communist rule for so long they did know realize how different their lives were than their eastern counterparts. When The East was eventually allowed to cross the boarders into the West, many people realized that their visitors, who were all doing well off financially, had a better standard of living than they had. While one would think this was a victory for the West, it was not a…

The Soviet Union was a communist monster and to many, an enemy. After World War I came the Russian Revolution and then the Soviet Union was born. Throughout the following 70 years, it advanced to be known as a world “superpower” which left many marks on the world history of the 20th century. Russia remains, but the 15 Soviet Republics are all independent today. The highs and lows of Soviet Union brings an eventful past in which students are able to gain knowledge. The real question is, what…

Like a drop of poison, corruption spreads throughout every heart, even to leaders in the government. When people in America hear "Soviet Union", they think of the distrust, tension, and massacres that occurred because of corruption in the USSR. Granted, the Soviet Union was responsible for a plethora of technological advances, such…

films of the Soviet Union and their relevant content very closely mirrored the changing eras and political climate of the times they were released. Throughout the history of the Soviet Union, film played a critical role in both perpetuating and diminishing the socialist ideologies of the Party, while providing artists and auteurs with a creative outlet in a relatively totalitarian state. Film as an art form was highly compatible with communism and the socialist ideologies of the Soviet Union…

was enthusiastic to follow in the footsteps of his father, who enlisted in the Soviet Navy and later served in the regular army and as an intelligence officer. He learned to speak German during his years as a student in Saint Petersburg High School before enrolling in the Law Department of the Leningrad State University. It is during his years as a university student that he joined the Communist Part of the Soviet Union where he continued to be a member until it was dissolved in late 1991.…

The day of 1991, the falling of Soviet Union was a very disappointed day for the most communism parties. However, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. A day before, representatives from all 15 Soviet republics gather in a meeting in the Kazakhstan city of Alma-Ata to tell the world that there would no longer Soviet Union. More than 20 years have passed that Union of Soviet Socialist Republics disappeared from the world political stage. Instead, they announced that…

at the Soviet Union in the 1930s, the establishment of Stalinism immediately comes to mind. During this period of time, the Soviet Union was a victim of many misfortunes and encountered many external threats. The Soviet Union was at this time a diplomatically isolated Soviet Union trying to triumph Communism but the Comin tern, composed of a group of the communist working class ordered the communist party to help the Nazi (National Socialist German Workers' Party) who were an anti-Soviet…

1914 9 December, 2016 The Soviet Union Collapsed Events that Lead to the Collapse of the Soviet Union It all started in December 1991. The Soviet Union split up into fifteen different countries. The collapse was praised by the west, which was a sweet victory for freedom. Triumph of democracy was over totalitarianism. Also capitalism was over socialism. The United States were joyful as the empire collapsed before their eyes. The collapse of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War which was…

the Soviet Union was based extremely upon the Marxism- Leninism theory. Marxism- Leninism is an ideology which combines Marxism and Leninism. Marxism is concepts theorized by Karl Marx. Leninism is theoretical expansions of Marxism by Vladimir Lenin. During the time in which communism started in Soviet Russia, what used to be seen as daily occurrences began to change. The Bolsheviks took control of just about every aspect of the people under their reign’s lives. The Soviet Union…

day in 1983, the Soviet Union releases a letter that Russian leader Yuri Andropov wrote to Samantha Smith, an American fifth-grader from Manchester, Maine, inviting her to visit his country. Andropov’s letter came in response to a note Smith had sent him in December 1982, asking if the Soviets were planning to start a nuclear war. At the time, the United States and Soviet Union were Cold War enemies. President Ronald Reagan, a passionate anti-communist, had dubbed the Soviet Union the “evil…