artists lived under Communism in the Soviet Union. Three examples of Soviet composers and musicians who made a lasting impact in the world of music included Sergei Prokofiev‚ Dmitri Shostakovich‚ and Mstislav \"Slava\" Rostropovich. These artists helped introduce the music of high culture to the Soviet masses and sometimes became internationally recognized. Musicians were called on to compose music that could be understood by the masses and uplift the Soviet people. Decent was often quashed and
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To what extent was the Sino-soviet split caused by the personalities of the leaders? Ideological differences appear to play an important role in the Sino-Soviet Split but the geopolitical view that national security interests were of paramount importance is more convincing. The language of ideology was used by Communist leaders to disguise national interests and the friendly relationship between the powers deteriorated only when ideological differences threatened national security. However lesser
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nations‚ and spreading of capitalist values is the very anti-thesis of the Soviet culture that was prevalent in the heydays of the Cold War. Prior to its collapse‚ the Soviet Union had the largest centrally directed economy in the world. The government established its economic priorities through central planning‚ and administrative decisions rather than the market determined resource allocation and prices. Likewise‚ Soviet culture was dominated by the government-imposed style of Socialist Realism’
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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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To what extent did the Soviet leadership have a choice in Hungary during the uprising of 1956? Based on the Soviet Union’s perspective‚ they first had‚ and made the choice to not militarily interfere with the Hungarian uprising. Of course‚ this soon changed‚ and the Soviets based on minutes document‚ had found themselves in a position in which they had no other choice but to send tanks into Hungary‚ to surpass the uprising. There were multiple reasons why the Soviet Union felt the need to interfere
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This essay will first introduce the background of the Soviet Union and its empire before 1985; it will then investigate its weaknesses‚ which will be divided into economic‚ military‚ political and social aspects‚ and finally concluding with how these weaknesses contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union before its collapse had faced various issues both internal and external. Internally it faces political issues that deteriorated the development of the economy; externally it
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serious a threat to Soviet power were the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the Prague Spring of 1968? There were two serious threats to Soviet power during the period 1956 to 1968. Between the Hungarian Uprising and Prague Spring the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a greater threat because it took place at the start of the weakening of Communism in Eastern Europe. The Soviet retreat from Cuba‚ the growing atmosphere of detente and the Sino-soviet split all combined to weaken soviet control over Eastern
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How successful were the 5 year plans in transforming Soviet industry in the years 1928 - 1941? In order to decide whether or not these 5 year plans were successful‚ it is necessary to first define what is meant by success in this context. This can be done by considering the aims of Stalin with his first three Five-Year Plans. Stalin’s industrial plans for the USSR were to establish a war economy - to prepare the USSR for war against its capitalist enemies. He regarded steel‚ iron and oil the
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A key factor to keep in mind when examining the Sino-Soviet dispute and its impact on foreign relations in South East Asia is that the region is characterised by shifting and fluid interactions and security arrangements (Yahuda‚ 1996: 9). This means coalitions can change‚ former enemies can become future allies and conflict is not easily defined. The Sino-Soviet alliance‚ based on a mutual belief in the ideology of Marxism-Leninism‚ degenerated over a period of more than ten years. While there
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Assess the economic and social costs to the soviet people of the great patriotic war of 1941 to 1945‚ in the years to Stalin’s death in 1953 Introduction Social costs during the war Social costs after the war Economic costs during the war Economic costs after the war The patriotic war caused great destruction in the USSR in terms of social and economic. Many people were killed and many more left in a poor state‚ much of the industry was destroyed and the USSR would take years to recover fully
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