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    The United States and the Soviet Union are two major world powers that believe in two different ways of running government. The Soviet Union is a communist country. A communist country is run on the belief that everyone should be equal‚ have the same money‚ the same houses‚ etc. No one should be better than anyone else. Restrictions on freedom of religion and freedom of speech. A way of “creating and sharing wealth.” The United States believes in the ways of running a country through capitalism:

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    F. Kennedy by the end of the 1960’s he announced in his speech his goal to send Americans to the moon one of the reasons he wanted to send Americans to the moon was because he wanted the United States to catch up the Soviet Union. Kennedy announced that the United States had a strong chance at achieving to go to the moon before the Soviet Union. In my point of view Kennedy’s motivation is the Soviet Union he wanted to accomplish better things than the Soviet Union. Kennedy stated that they made 45

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    In 1917‚ Russia was crumbling into pieces. The World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. There was shortage of food throughout the country‚ which left people starving. At the battlefront‚ millions of Russian soldiers were dying‚ they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had. The government under Czar Nicholas II was disintegrating‚ and a provisional government had been set up. In November of 1917‚ Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew

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    Did Stalin Succeed In Setting Up A Totalitarian State? Overall‚ Stalin did not create a totalitarian state‚ the very definition of which suggests the state’s complete control and authority over every aspect of society; the economy‚ politics‚ religion and culture; as‚ despite all of the action Stalin took to gain this‚ he was constantly facing opposition. Many would argue that the wide range of economic measures used to enforce control over the population allowed Stalin to succeed in gaining total

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    The U.S.S.R. was a well known organization or group that was created in 1922. The organization ‚U.S.S.R.‚ was an ally in the second world war. The U.S.S.R. had tested many participated in many scientific experiments including the russian sleep experiment. The U.S.S.R.had risen to power and had many scientific advances. Even with many scientific advances‚ the U.S.S.R. could not avoid a fateful end. The U.S.S.R. had risen to power in 1917‚ the Soviet Union was created to overcome national differences

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    The Cold War in the 1980s was driven by Reagan’s policies and attitudes towards the Soviet Union. In this period the implications of his policies and attitudes had a major impact on the United States and Soviet relations and created the path to the ending the Cold War. Reagan’s attitudes and policies were aggressive and there were fierce tensions but Mikhail Gorbachev sparked a turning point and Reagan’s attitudes and policies became less hawkish. Through the policy of the Strategic Defence Initiative

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    authoritative and intimidating rulers to have ever walked the face of the Earth‚ Joseph Stalin was the unmatched communist leader of the Soviet Union for nearly three decades. His regime of fear and terror took the lives of millions‚ and the implementation of harsh commanding methods consolidated his supreme control over the nation. From 1924 to 1940‚ the key elements involved in Stalin’s dictatorial regime over the Soviet Union were political propaganda and the accumulation of fear. These aspects resulted

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    A: Plan of the Investigation How were the Purges of 1934-1938 successful in helping Stalin maintain his autocratic power? The aim of this investigation is to assess how the purges of 1934-38 helped Stalin preserve his power in the Soviet Union. In order to evaluate this‚ the investigation assesses Stalin’s role in relation to the purges‚ as well as their purpose. An analysis of this should indicate the extent to which the purges were successful‚ and their contribution to Stalin’s power. In

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    hospitals. Communities couldn’t afford to keep schools open‚ so a third of a million children couldn’t go to school. Years of poverty left Americans asking what the cause of the economic crisis was. The economies of the Allied Powers were damaged by World War I. Great Britain‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union were all in debt and the costs of the war ran resources low. Major cities of Europe were destroyed. Asia and South Africa more industrialized. Demand for goods and services lowered. Germany had

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    Why did the Soviet Union intervene in Hungary and not Poland in 1956? ‘Given the growing sense of national euphoria sweeping eastern Europe in 1955-1956‚ a full-scale decolonisation of the Soviet Empire was not considered beyond the bounds of geopolitical possibility’. The decision of the Soviet Union to invade Hungary in 1956‚ whilst acknowledging the need to control events in Poland‚ came about through a myriad of complex reasons as well as the collapse of the old Hegemony‚ following Krushchev’s

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