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push these practices along, which was very prevalent once Stalin became more paranoid over the years. Villages were accused of hiding the grain and other items of production. Created famines devastated much of the western Soviet Union, especially Ukraine. In his goal to move Russia forward, he betrayed the popular and perceived ideals of communism in a complete inhumane and hypocritical way. The massive human rights violations committed by Stalin’s regime, and how this industrialization…

the industrial and agricultural heartland of Europeans Russia, including the two capitals of Moscow and Petrograd” (Sunderland, p. 150). While the Whites controlled the “old imperial periphery, claiming a broad collar of territory from the Baltic, Ukraine, and southern Russia in the west to Siberia and Turkestan in the east” (Sunderland, p,…

A Fatal Transformation: Mikhail Gorbachev Leadership in the Soviet Union contained several dimensions of complexities. To significantly change the political system from its former Communist style leadership, the Soviet Union required a dedicated, intelligent, and compassionate leader. Paving the pathway towards building a free society would not happen overnight; rather, it would take years to refine and develop. Transforming the Soviet Union in the late 20th century presented challenges for…

There has been plenty of debate about who has the genetic claim to the Crimean Peninsula, and it is these debates that portray the conflict between the Crimean Tatars and the Russians. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has claimed that the Crimea peninsula has always been Russian soil, as the Russian people have always lived there. The Kremlin further claimed that the Crimean Tatars were just a group of settlers of Turkic origin, and thus they had no genetic claim to the land. In essence, they were…

contract money (estimated at 1.6 billion dollars), returned or they wanted the hardware. This of course was the latest in a series of crisis since the new administration had taken control in America in 2008. Pash did not know what Putin had on Obama, but it had to be something big. For the US President to withdraw the missile system in Eastern Europe, allow Syria to go unchecked, and Putin to annex Crimea was in a word incomprehensible. Under the previous American administration any of these…

Introduction Poland and Russia have had ongoing conflicts with each other throughout periods of history. Many of these conflicts were due to issues pertaining to both territory and religious tensions. 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…

the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev. By December 31, the USSR was formally disassembled into 13 independent republics: Armenia , Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Estonia and Latvia previously gained their independence in August 1991. Some historians argued that this radical change and end to the Cold War marked the ‘end of history’ as democracy became the predominant political…

TU-95 “Bear” Strategic Bombers – The Tu-95, nicknamed by NATO reports as “Bear” is a strategic bomber and missile platform. It was designed during the Cold War and entered service in 1956. Reports from the Russian Air Force (RAF) expect it to serve until at least 2040. In its design, the propeller-blades move faster than the speed of sound which cements its position as one of the nosiest military aircrafts. Due to its size, sizable crews of 6-7 men are needed to successfully operate it. As it…

Joseph Stalin, a prominent member of the Bolshevik party, and later one of the most important men in the twentieth century, took control of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin. From the beginning Stalin, had a clear vision of the direction the Soviet Union had to take. To Stalin, the answer to strengthen Russia was rapid industrialization. After all, Marxist theory ordained that a socialist society must be highly industrialized with an overwhelming preponderance of workers.…

Is there truly justice for Genocide? Throughout the course of history, many brutal atrocities have been committed, on a genocidal scale. Some of these have resulted in court cases and punishments for the perpetrators, though many have not. Reparations, even enormous ones, do not repay the families of the murdered. This can be exemplified with the genocide of the Poles in the Katyn Woods, and the Armenian Genocide. One happened in the midst of World War II, and has been largely ignored by the…