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Soviet Union’s Sphere of Influence In order for the Soviet Union to expand their sphere of influence to become a superpower in the 20th century they gave money, weapons, and physically occupied countries. Since they wanted territory, they gave Cuba missiles so they could fight the United States, and supported them economically. They invaded Afghanistan because they wanted oil, materials, location, and trade ports. Finally, they wanted the Eastern Bloc as a buffer and wanted their materials. To…

the Communist Chinese Republic and the Soviet Union. During the rise of the Communist Chinese Republic, the Soviet Union had already gained status as a World Power. As a result, Chairman Mao idolized the Soviet empire, and utilized it as a model for the Chinese Republic. In order to attain a similar empire to the Soviet Union, the Communist Chinese Republic required a great deal of foreign aid. Therefore, in order to support the expansion of communism, the Soviet Union provided funds to the…

comical novel written to show the society of the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era. By analizing the novel you will see how Vladimir Voinovich (Author) used a comical theme to point out the problems of the Soviet Union. This will give a better prospective of the 1970’s Soviet society. The Brezhnev Era was one of the most important time periods of the Soviet Union. After looking over the society of the 1970’s Soviet Union, We will look at the 1930’s Soviet Union. To help justify the research I…

Multiple Polish-Soviet wars broke out over the last 500 years, however, in the last 300 years many of the victories were won by Russia (Zawodny 69). The continuous blows to the Polish state weakened Polish forces as well as their economy and led to its eventual partitioning in the 18th century (Garlinski xv). To what extent did Soviet involvement in the Warsaw Uprising lead to the defeat of the Polish rebel army at the hands of the German army? Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920 The Polish-Soviet…

Nazi invades Soviet Union Under the codename Operation Barbarossa,Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 the largest German military operation of World War II. Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, three great army groups with over three million German soldiers,150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea. By this point German…

is a saying that goes, “Nothing lasts forever.” The Soviet Union thought that they would always have power and the nations they had control over would never break away however he USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations did break away. The Cold War started in 1947, a couple years after the end of World War II and ended in 1991. The Cold War was fought using proxy wars fought off their land such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In 1985, the Soviet economy was stagnant and faced a sharp fall in…

in which Soviet Union (or Russia) was the pioneer. Under the leadership of Lenin, the Communist Party gained power in Russia in 1920, ending the bloody Civil War. With the authority of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, Soviet Union was significantly improved economically and societally, especially after suffering the tremendous casualties since the Great War. Nonetheless, after Lenin’s death in 1924, Joseph Stalin finally gained power and quickly, he made several significant changes in the Soviet…

After the Second World War ended, the Soviet Union (USSR) and United States of America emerged as the super powers of the world. But USSR’s and USA’s ideology was different. USSR was following the communist path while USA was following the capitalist path. So an ideological war was started and the geo-political tensions between these two blocs grew. Both countries were trying to influence their ideology throughout the world. USSR had already occupied Eastern Europe and USA made a pact with other…

December 26, 1991 was the day that the Soviet Union was dissolved. This allowed self-governing to states that made up the former Union. This was a vital part of the Cold War. Axis and Allied powers had been at fighting proxy wars and dealing with espionage for years and this was the ending of the Soviet power that the Allies had been fighting for. Around this same time the internet was becoming slowly what we see it as today. The internet and World Wide Web were starting to become a tool for…

Marx’s Vision vs. USSR The Soviet Union had its roots in the Russian Revolution in 1917 in which the Bolsheviks, the majority of the Marxist Social Democratic Labour Party, defeated the provisional government and formed the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. This sparked a civil war in which the pro-revolutionists, or Communists who were former Bolsheviks, eventually prevailed over the counter-revolutionists in 1922 and established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The leader…