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...?Why did the Soviet Union collapse? The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded in the year of 1922 after the Bolshevik Revolution. The USSR had a great impact on the political affairs of the world ever since but could not maintain this impact after its downfall. The Soviet Union underwent a rapid collapse in the late twentieth century which was inevitable due to the policies and conditions that Russia was undergoing in these times. After the World War II the Soviet Union turned out to be a super power which was...
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...? Everything you think you know about the collapse of the Soviet Union is wrong The article ‘Everything you think you know about the collapse of the Soviet Union is wrong’ by Leon Aron, deals with the grass root level reason behind the unexpected collapse of communism in Soviet Union. The author concludes the article by pointing out that collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1990s is related to the intellectual and moral uprising from the side of the mass. Within this context, the policies implemented by Mikhail Gorbachev...
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...? Post Soviet Union Literature Russia has experienced a quick change in the style and form of literatures by the national authors after the decision to promote glasnost or allowing free discussion in both speech and transition of culture was allowed. It is worth noting that even despite lifting the censorship, the book market was highly affected by economic and political chaos leading into several book printing industry falling and eventually reducing the number of printed books. Nevertheless, detective stories and thrillers have turned out to be very successful in the 1990s and a decade later, Boris Akunin’s 19th century sleuth became very popular. Boris Akunin is a prominent Russian author of suspense...
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...for progress newly born state. This was how the relationship between the two countries began which was to leave a long lasting impact on both the countries. This association saw periods of ups and downs. There were times when there were strong links between the two countries and there were also times when nothing significant happened for years (Freedman, 1991).
Afghanistan was a newly born state and at this time it needed assistance and help from its neighbors and this backing was provided to it by the Soviet Union. In the time period from 1919 up to 1929 the relations between the two countries were very friendly and they moved at a swift pace. Technicians and trained...
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... leaning towards the sentiments of staunch nationalism and openly called for freedom. Even the nationalist elements within Russia were gaining ground. The onus of maintaining its illustrious military might was becoming an unwieldy burden for Russia. Definitely the stage was set for the crash of the Soviet Union; much before Gorbachev came to power and all that was left for him to do was to preside over the crumbling of the Soviet state. All the issues and events discussed further in this paper are a mere elaboration of the off shots let lose by an obstinate ideological, political, tactical and economical management of a great nation, carried on recklessly for decades. The decline of the Soviet Union was planned by nobody... of urban...
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...political movements and maintain uniformity In what ways did the "New Political Thinking" of Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev mark a radical break from the past, and how did this departure influence events in Eastern Europe Why did the Soviet Union peacefully allow the members of the Warsaw Pact the right to choose their own future and sociopolitical system What was happening in CEE in the 1980s that had an impact on the thinking of Gorbachev and other key figures involved in Soviet policy formation, leading them to abandon CEE and, in so doing, facilitate the collapse of communism This research will examine the relevant...
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...Gorbachev and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Introduction. On March 11, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev, at age 54, was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party. He was the youngest leader since Stalin and also became the Partys first leader to have been born after the Russian Revolution of 1917. When Brezhnev died in 1982, the plight of the U.S.S.R. had reached crisis proportions. Brezhnev had not been in effective control of the country during his last few years owing to senility. The Politburo was dominated by old men: Yury Andropov and then Konstantin Chernenko led the country from 1982 until 1985, but their administrations failed to address critical problems (Kotkin...
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...in the world.
The Soviet Union utterly rejected the cultures and values of the west as they were in full control of their lives and it was not until the collapse of the republic that the individual countries that constituted the old republic begin to accept some norms and values of the west. The Soviet Union also were also advanced in the art of warfare and they were technologically advanced during that period and it was only very few countries that could match up with its strength.
Like any other collapse before or after it, there were different reasons behind the collapse of the...
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...that affect and promote democracy. It will then make a conclusion on the current state of Russia with Putin and Medvedev as its leaders.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new means of constituting supreme power emerged, new sources of legitimacy to the supreme power emerged and the idea of the presidency was introduced to the Russians. This was a revolutionary idea in a nation where hereditary monarchy and ideology as a source of legitimacy, dominated for years. However, the direction of the movement was a characteristic of Russia’s system of governance where all the power is embodied in one person and personified completely. According to Fish (2001), a system...
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Post Soviet Eurasia
The collapse of the Soviet Union is one of the greatest events of the XX century. The lands of South Caucasus have always been a disputable territory, situated in between. They comprised different cultures and political systems, which existed peacefully for a long period of time. However, since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, South Caucasus attracted much attention from the Western territory. The disputes for the resources of the Caspian Sea resulted in the War of August, 2008. The aim of this work is to...
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