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involvement in the Soviet-Afghan War contributed greatly to the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorism. Events like the Soviet-Afghan War inspired deep Muslim identity and a desire to fight back against invading superpowers, such as the Soviet Union. Funded by the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other countries, militant groups like the Mujahideen became powerful forces in countries with weak political systems like Afghanistan and its neighboring countries. After the Soviet Union collapsed,…

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…

Changes in the Soviet Role in the Cold War changed during the period from the mid 1940’s to mid 1960’s because of the many major events like the COMECON conference and death of Joseph Stalin. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and USA changed from being allies to enemies and not trusting one another. The destalinization process that happened after Nikita Khrushchev took control marked the start of change like beginning to want to repair the image that Stalin had previously set. They…

Since 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…

There are several facts and events that led to collapse of the Soviet Union even the hardliners tries to restore. It was the destiny of death sentence for communism. It was hard to reconstruct the USSR, especially after the death of Stalin in 1954. Obviously, the people of Russia know how corruption of the system of communism is. The more the communists had tried, yet it got even worse ,although the Soviet Union replace Perestroika to Yeltsin, in which he was "the last straw for a group of eight…

this 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…

in 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…

"The sources of soviet conduct" by George Kennan discusses the political makeup of Soviet Russia following the end of the Second World War. He proceeds to examine the set of circumstances and ideology forming the backbone of the Soviet Union, the communist stance on international relations, the negative impacts of communism in Russia and finally the idea of containment and a proposed course of action that America might take to best counter the growth of Russia's soviet regime. Within his article…

American history; a recession threatened American prosperity and the Soviet Union’s aggressive expansion threatened the freedom of the entire world but Reagan endeavored to combat these evils with his strong Conservative beliefs. Reagan was an influential figure in U.S. history and accomplished much in his two terms as president, however, modern Conservatives tend to idealize…