70 Period Russia

The 70 year period of Soviet government in Russia affected not only Russian society but the rest of the world as well. In the early years of the USSR the Soviet leaders repressed people’s free speech and limited what art could be made or distributed in Russia. Most media involved propaganda for the government and against western culture. This censorship later diminished with Nikita Khrushchev’s policies as ruler, but when Khrushchev left office his reforms were ended by Leonid Brezhnev and the country regressed. This conformist and conservative government continued until Mikhail Gorbachev’s positions as president. If the USSR had never been formed, these repressive policies may never have been installed and the country would continue to flourish in artistic and political freedom. Religion, especially orthodox Christianity, was an important and popular tradition in pre-Soviet Russia. In the USSR religious freedom was constitutionally assured, but many Soviet leaders believed religion was incompatible with true Marxist communism. These leaders took official measures
Vladimir Lenin, while president of the USSR developed writing systems for smaller languages. The systems were not perfect, and many written languages differed dialectically from each other, and languages would become “official status” if they were in notable publications. Languages that were not “practiced enough” eventually assimilated into other languages, mostly Russian. In fact, Russian was the most spoken language of the Soviet Union, but not become the official language until 1990. During the Great Patriotic War, people who spoke minority languages were often accused of collaborating with enemies. Overall the USSR policies about language were positive for the country. They allowed more languages to be taught and become widespread. Unfortunately this did lead to the elimination of some smaller, less spoken