The break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR) occurred in 1991 after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the various Republics declaring independence. The term “break-up” can be unpacked to entail the unpopularity of the leadership within the party and Politburo‚ which led to the attempted August Coup of 1991 by the more conservative elements of the Politburo who were unhappy with Gorbachev’s reforms; the unpopularity of the leadership within the people‚ which led to Boris Yeltsin getting elected
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relating to gender roles‚ it is important for one to appreciate that all arguments surrounding gender roles are historically and culturally contingent. The meaning of this is that something that might be true about gender roles in one society’s cultural group might be different when it comes to another cultural group. Likewise‚ gender roles in all over the world have significantly changed over time. Therefore‚ there is no generalizable and universal statement regarding gender roles. The common thread
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To what extent did US intervention in 1941 change the nature of the conflict in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945? Although US intervention contributed greatly to China’s eventual victory in the Sino-Japanese war‚ the situation in China and the nature of the conflict was not massively affected by the contribution‚ and in reality the intervention had little impact on the internal affairs and overall success of the second United Front. Both before and after US involvement tensions were never relieved
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Levy and Poisson: Parents Keep Child’s Gender Secret By birth we are assigned particular gender roles. It is common in American culture that if you are a boy‚ you are automatically assumed to like the color blue and play with trucks and such. If you are born a girl‚ you are also assumed to like the color pink and play with dolls. Those gender roles shape the behavior of children at a young age. Role learning starts at birth and continues as a child is introduced to socialization in society. The
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The customary role of the male in relation to the home as being the head of the household‚ the protector and the provider is slowly eroding. The male’s duty was unquestionably embodied in these three ideas until the 1970’s. The growing feminist movement began to question and displace these roles as solely belonging to men The traditional male role has seen significant changes in the family unit‚ society and personally. In the past men were the sole breadwinners and they were left
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What methods did Stalin use to control the Soviet Union? There are several methods Stalin had introduced to obtain control over the Soviet Union by directing individual policies and techniques into a particular group. Early on the time Stalin had seized power over Russia‚ he had immediately brought out his version of the cult of personality. It was also referred as the ’cult of Stalin’. As a technique it was brought out to push the glorification of Stalin into every corner of the work place
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To a certain extent Stalin did meet‚ in places‚ the overly optimistic aims for the Five Year Plans yet this was to be at the cost of millions of lives and the livelihoods of many Russian peasants who were to be ruthlessly killed‚ extradited or simply stripped of their land and possessions. The success of the Five Year Plans can be judged upon the entry of Russia into the Second World War for this was to be the first big test of the newly industrialised state on the world stage. Stalin had aimed to
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Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? HIS 127: World in the 20th Century December 2012 While political dynamics played a large role in the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ economic breakdown was the main cause of its deterioration. Built on the Socialist ideology of state owned and run business‚ the declining Soviet economy was plagued by economic inefficiencies and corruption. The country suffered from decades of being tossed on the rough seas of inconsistent and capricious political leadership
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and suspicions account for the extent of the terror in the USSR in the years 1936-39? One of the definitive factors of Stalin’s Russia is the mass array of terror he cast over his nation during his tyrannous reign which was fuelled by purges of people from all walks of life; this stemmed from kulaks on the collectivised farming to ‘saboteurs’ in the industrial aspects who were said to be at fault for un met quotas. Stalin held his country in peril‚ but for what reason? Ultimately it can be regarded
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The Soviet Union strategic decision was to expand communism not only on the European continent but as well as across the international system. This was apparent following the West intervention in the Russian Civil War that the Soviet Union would support communist revolutionary groups advocated for an overthrow of Western liberal capitalist regimes and established a communist state. In phase I (1917-1941) and phase III (1945-1985)‚ the Soviet Union would attempt to undermine Western regimes‚ through
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