London W1T 3JH‚ UK Cold War History Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fcwh20 Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: Perspectives on History and Personality V. Zubok Available online: 06 Sep 2010 To cite this article: V. Zubok (2002): Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: Perspectives on History and Personality‚ Cold War History‚ 2:2‚ 61-100 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713999954 PLEASE
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During Stalin’s Soviet Union during‚ it is recorded that some economic factors were considered‚ while some were disregarded due to the uprising of industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy‚ which had effected the Russian population in a negative way. Industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy were to be seen as the major economic factors regarded by Stalin during his rule‚ as it helped and achieved his belief of “Socialism in One Country”. Understanding the concept of collectivisation
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Self-Disclosure * When two parties disclose personal information with each other the consensus is that the two persons will like each other more. (Rowland Miller‚ 2012) * Disclosure within a relationship is beneficial by raising intimacy‚ trust and closeness levels between two partners (Dindia & Fitzpatrick‚ 1985: Duck‚ 1994a) * Strangers who open up to each admire each other more than couples who reveal less personal information to each other (Slatcher‚ 2010) * That being
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death in prison. During exile‚ Bakhtin was prevented from teaching and instead supported himself as a bookkeeper. In 1936‚ he was released from exile and taught for a time in Saransk until renewed purges led him to resign and move to a small town outside Moscow. There‚ his worsening osteomyelitis led to amputation of his right leg‚ and he was forced to use crutches or a walking stick the remainder of his life (Clark and Holquist 261). After his surgery‚ Bakhtin was unable to find formal employment
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and the Soviet Union fought against the Axis powers together.1 But near the end of World War II‚ after the defeat of Germany and Japan‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were the remaining superpowers in the world. Because of this‚ tensions rose between the two countries to achieve more power over the other country.2 Moreover‚ Truman personally disliked Stalin and the government was afraid of the “USSR’s aim of spreading world communism.”3 This is important because in return‚ the Soviets also resented
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Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II The United States and the Soviet Union were never in a completely stable relationship. World War II had both nations working together‚ but partly only because Germany was a common enemy of them both. Roosevelt did not agree with communism‚ but would work alongside Stalin in order to stop a bigger issue‚ the Nazis. By helping each other out‚ they became part of the Big Three along with Britain. However‚ even working together
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The Heart of a Dog Mikhail Bulgakov Andrew Wright ‘The Heart of a Dog’‚ written by Mikhail Bulgakov in 1925‚ is a satirical parable illustrating the provincial failures of the Russian regime‚ post-revolution. According to S. Fusso‚ Bulgakov’s allegory is not‚ unlike Orwell’s‚ “simple or naïve”‚1 but one that offers an exploration of various different themes‚ from the ethical implications of eugenics “that so fascinated the scientific community during the 1920s”‚2 to the farcical revolution of
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Nazi Germany is at the peak of its take on Europe. Just a mere year after it has taken France and its lower countries‚ Adolf Hitler and his military began planning the invasion to take the Soviet Union. Naming the operation‚ Operation Barbarossa‚ Germany began envisaging its actions to cease the Soviet Union with its rich resources. Although a non-aggression agreement was signed between the two countries‚ Hitler did not pay heed to the agreement‚ he was instead very much caught up with the fact
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eastern front amassed more than 15‚000‚000 million deaths. In late 1939‚ Hitler proposed a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. This effectively gave Hitler time and a sense of protection from the east and allowed his Wehrmacht to focus their efforts elsewhere. This non-aggression pact didn’t last forever though and eventually the Soviet Union would join the Allied powers to help defeat the Nazis. To more fully understand the situation one
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After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant allies against Germany. They had very different political policies and philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections
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