The USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consisting of Russia and the surrounding countries. It was founded five years after the Russian Revolution. World War II lasted six years and almost all the countries of the world were engaged in it. It was a war between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan) and the Allies (mainly England‚ U.S.‚ and USSR). But today I will be focusing on the Soviet Union. They played a very dramatic role in the war and more people should know about
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The process of collectivization started in 1929 in Soviet Union and was forced by a dictator Joseph Stalin with the help of Communist Party and its officials‚ who had a task to make sure ideas of collectivization were being implemented at all costs. Collectivization was an agricultural policy of taking lands‚ farms and livestock from farmers and making a big collective farm owned and regulated by the state. Apparently‚ a group that was affected the most were the farmers because their land and goods
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In 1924‚ the Soviet Union faced a power struggle when it’s leader and creator Vladimir Lenin died. His successor however‚ came into power and immediately began to make changes. This man knew exactly what he wanted to keep and more importantly what he wanted to change. His birth name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili‚ but who could possibly rule and leave a legacy with that name? He then adopted the name Joseph Stalin‚ (which means man of steel.) and began to rule the Soviet Union. At this time
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The novel Omon Ra‚ written by Victor Pelevin‚ Illustrates the absurdity of the Soviet Union and how important heroism‚ science‚ the military and space exploration was to the Union at the time. One of the main themes of this novel is the coming of age. Omon yearns to become a cosmonaut and a hero‚ or just to accomplish something important during his lifetime. But with aid from a series of events‚ he later realizes that heroism is nothing but a glorified illusion and something he does not wish to be
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the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as a ‘second revolution’ and in a sense‚ it is somewhat justified due to
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Savannah McCombs Mr.VanMeter March 21‚ 2014 What is the Soviet Union? The Soviet Union is a former country that was the modern day Russian federation. The USSR was a major world power during its existence‚ which began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and continued until its collapse in 1991. The Soviet Union and the United States were major rivals from the end of WWII until the late 1980s‚ creating a conflict known as the "Cold War" where the superpowers fought each
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End of the Soviet Union The coup attempt sparked anger against the Communist Party. Gorbachev resigned as general secretary of the party. The Soviet parliament voted to stop all party activities. Having first seized power in 1917 in a coup that succeeded‚ the Communist Party now collapsed because of a coup that failed. The coup also played a decisive role in accelerating the breakup of the Soviet Union. Estonia and Latvia quickly declared their independence. Other republics soon followed. Although
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| The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe | | The world’s most powerful Communist country was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ or otherwise known as the Soviet Union. It contained 15 republics that were controlled by a central government. Over time‚ it developed into a large industrial power that dictated all aspects of the national economy. It set levels of wages and prices‚ controlled the allocation of resources‚ and decided what would be produced and how and where goods would
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Soviet Union Leaders in the Post Stalin Era Kareem M. Khalil Fall 2010-2011 Lebanese American University Outline I. The Soviet Union: a. Background about the Soviet Union from 1917-1953. b. Vladimir Lenin. c. Joseph Stalin. II. Nikita Khrushchev: a. Rise to power. b. De-Stalinization. c. Reforms and domestic policies. d. Foreign Policy. e. Expulsion from power. III. Leonid Brezhnev: a. Rise to Power. b. Domestic Policies. c. Brezhnev
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The Soviet Union and the Rule of Law How do they create laws? Soviet concept of law Soviet law was rooted in pre-revolutionary Russian law and Marxism/Leninism. Pre-revolutionary influences included Byzantine law‚ Mongol law‚ Russian Orthodox Canon law‚ and Western law. Western law was mostly absent until the judicial reform of Alexander II in 1864‚ five decades before the revolution. Despite this‚ the supremacy of law and equality before the law were not well-known concepts‚ the tsar was still
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