Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was established in 1922 and lasted until approximately 1991. From 1940 to 1991, the Soviet Union was made up of fifteen republics.Between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Russia began to expand its territory. Then in 1922 the Bolsheviks controlled Russia and formed the Soviet Union, a communist state comprised of fifteen republics. Russia was th largest and most powerful of these. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia were among the republics of the…

Fortunately for Russia, there was a sensible man, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who was enthusiastic and ready to lead the country into prosperity or it would not have existed by 1920. During the era of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin reign over the Soviet Union, the Secret police had a pertinent role as the enforcer…

The Cold War was a period of time when tension between the Soviet Union and the United States uprised due to economic and ideological differences. The Cold War began in 1945 and ended in 1991. Even though the term “war” was used, there was never any physical fighting involved. Both, the Soviet Union and the United States ideological differences influenced the way both countries would react to the Cold War. At the time, the Soviet Union was communist and the United States was democratic and…

policies they enact or decisions they make. One such person was the former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who was born on 2nd March 1931 to peasant parents in the Stavropol territory in southwestern Russia (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica). In spite of his poor background, he steadily rose through the ranks of the then ruling party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and managed to implement sweeping reforms to the Union’s political systems. As…

The Cold War, a war between the Soviet Union and the United States, was aimed towards preventing the others influence towards mankind. To begin with, the relationship with the Soviet Union and the United States didn’t go so well. They both were super powers of the world and aimed to increase its worldwide influences. Between the years 1945 and 1950, the two competitors broke out into war. Both sides were fighting for what they believed in thus resulting into this major conflict. Not only were…

Q6. After the Cold War, the Soviet Union would begin to go through a series of changes and reforms that would include some democratic forms of ideas. One man by the name of Mikhail Gorbachev would become the leader of Russia, while in office he would make several important reforms. Mikhail Gorbachev would learn about the Soviet Union’s system and its problems, he would then quickly work his way into the party. It was his goal to bring change into the Soviet Union which he would succeed at doing.…

Stalin’s rise to power and ruler of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1954 had a drastic effect on the country. To some extent, his rule was beneficial to Soviet Union, but overall, it was majorly devastating, particularly to the wellbeing of the Russian people. During his time as leader, Stalin implemented many significant changes within the Soviet Union, such as his program of rapid industrialization and modernization, which achieved huge increases in Soviet productivity and economic growth, but…

The Cold War was a rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, as events swept the nation with their thirst of beating the other. Although this mainly took place between the two, major effects dominated over the rest of the world as their rivalry affected other Nations around them. Many countries had been affected by the Cold War and some had serious consequences. Knowing what was going on during the Cold War will perhaps give an explanation to how this played out for the rest of the…

The major conflict between the Germans and the Soviet Union was a problem for both sides. Neither side had the guaranteed victory from the start of this war with in a war. Each side had major flaws and little advantages against the other side. From the start it looked like the Germans had seen increasing success, with several victories in a row. In 1941, the reason the Soviets were struggling against the Germans was due to their lack of leadership, and preparedness. Leading up to this war,…

of America and the Soviet Union. At that time since the United States dropped the bomb in Hiroshima more and more nuclear weapons were created and more countries had them to their disposal.Both United States and the Soviet Union is to blame for the cold war with the US fearing communist attack and Truman's dislike for Stalin intimidating him put both Truman and Stalin in fear for suspicion. When the cold war started the United States was fearing communist attacks from the Soviet Union.The…