The decline of Communism led to the return of an old danger - Nationalism. Throughout the communist bloc, many people were not satisfied with democracy; they wanted their own independent nation too.
In former USSR, fighting broke out as a number of areas tried to win independence.
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania all became independent again in 1991 and joined the United Nations (After spending many years absorbed into the USSR).
On Jan 1st, 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split to become two separate states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
However, the worst violence occurred in Yugoslavia. Tito had held together an explosive mixture of Serbs, Croats and Muslims but communist control collapsed in 1990. In the following year, the Serbs refused to accept a Croat as leader and both Slovenia and Croatia declared independence.
1. Soviet Union had a communist government while U.S. was always based on democracy That being said, the differences include all the features of communism such as equality and taking over aspects of life in their citizens 2. Soviet Union collapsed, U.S. is still here
No, they are completely different in many ways. The Soviet Union no longer even exists. Some countries that were in it are now members of the European Union, but that is about the only connection.
The Soviet Union ceased to exist on December 26, 1991. Some countries chose not to participate, and some of them were Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, and Armenia.
Some Eastern European nations tried to solve problems caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union by instilling democratic governments. For example, Poland is a country that did this.
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1. Soviet Union had a communist government while U.S. was always based on democracy That being said, the differences include all the features of communism such as equality and taking over aspects of life in their citizens 2. Soviet Union collapsed, U.S. is still here
No, they are completely different in many ways. The Soviet Union no longer even exists. Some countries that were in it are now members of the European Union, but that is about the only connection.
A demonstration of power designed to impress the Soviet Union.
China is in Asia. The Soviet Union no longer exists but some of the countries that were part of it were in Asia and others in Europe.
It is unlikely that Russia will revert back to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, and Russia has since transitioned to a democratic system. While there may be some nostalgia for the Soviet era, the current political and social landscape in Russia suggests that a return to the Soviet Union is not a realistic possibility.
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The Soviet Union ceased to exist on December 26, 1991. Some countries chose not to participate, and some of them were Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, and Armenia.
Some Eastern European nations tried to solve problems caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union by instilling democratic governments. For example, Poland is a country that did this.
No. The now defunct Soviet Union consisted of many countries that spread from the east of Europe to the east of Asia. Some of the countries in eastern Europe were part of what was known as the Soviet bloc, but not part of the Soviet Union. This would have included countries like Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, amongst others. Some of the eastern European countries, that now have their independence, like Lithuania, Lativa and Estonia, were part of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Union was declared in 1922 as a union of socialist states, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) After some annexations and World War II the territory of the Soviet Union was enlarged and as result Soviet Union included the following states (Socialist Republics): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
In 1991, as a result of Gorbachev's reforms anti-communist factions fought the government and republics slipped away. So, in essence, the country was dying. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Boris Yeltsin, a strong anti-communist took power. The last president was Putin, and now it is Medvedev.