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Soviet Union (USSR)
The Soviet Union was a Communist State and the inheritor of the vast Russian Empire's territory. It existed from 1922, at the end of the Russian Revolution, until 1991 when the fifteen Soviet Republics became independent countries. The Soviet Union was treated with both scorn and reverence by the Western Powers and opposed the United States throughout the Cold War.
4,001 Questions
How did the goals of the US ans Soviet foreign policy differ after World War?
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
Which country tried to overthrow their soviet Domination?
There were 2 revolts that led to military intervention by other pact countries, Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Additionally there was Poland in the 1980's, where the Polish army took over.
Why were the united States and the Soviet Union locked in space race?
they fell out over who got the bigger slice of cake
*rolls eyes* that's not it at all; I'm a novanetter... now here's the answer; "They both wanted to develop technology to successfully land on the moon."
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The entire reason for the 1960s space race was a cold war exercise to demonstrate which country could deliver the largest hydrogen bomb the furthest distance the most accurately, without actually having to use a real hydrogen bomb (because if real hydrogen bombs were used then there might be no one left to actually declare the winner of the demonstration). It was also much easier to convince the public to participate in this cold war exercise was to wrap it in Propaganda that it was for peaceful scientific and exploration purposes, not military purposes.
What war began shortly after World War 2 between the Soviet Union and the west?
Yes. After WWII, the war time alliances of England, the USA and Russia came to an end because Stalin refused to allow Poland to be free and he turned Eastern Europe into a communist bloc (an area where every country is communist).
The Soviet Union announced that it would declare war on Japan several times, but Stalin continued to delay the actual declaration. This ultimately led to the upsetting of the US and its allies.
Why did China and The Soviet Union end their allegiance?
The Cultural Revolution caused China and the Soviet Union to end their allegiance
Detente
What conference is regarded as a diplomatic victory for soviets?
Either Potsdam or Tehran, but I am guessing......
What is the highest mountain in the Soviet Union?
Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain in Tajikistan in the former Soviet Union.
It is 7,495 m (24,590 ft) high.
At the fall of the Soviet Union the president of the Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev. And the prime-minister of Russia was Boris Yeltsin.
What was the effect of the Battle of Stalingrad on Germany's invasion of the soviet union?
It forced them to abandon their plan to invade Britain.
The economy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR) was based on a system of state ownership of the means of production, collective farming, industrial manufacturing and centralized administrative planning. The economy was characterised by state control of investment, public ownership of industrial assets, and during the last 20 years of its existence, pervasive corruption and socioeconomic stagnation. SinceMikhail Gorbachev came to power, continuing economic liberalisation moved the economy towards a market-oriented socialist economy. All of these factors contributed to the final dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The stagnation which would consume the last years of the Soviet Union was caused by poor governance under Leonid Brezhnev and inefficiencies within the planned economy. When the stagnation began is a matter of debate, but is normally placed either in the 1960s or early 1970s.
From 1928 to 1991 the entire course of the economy was guided by a series of Five-Year Plans. Within 40 years, the nation evolved from a mainly agrarian society and became one of the world's three top manufacturers of a large number of capital goods, heavy industrial products and weaponry. However, the USSR lagged far behind in the output oflight industrial production and consumer durables, mostly because of inability of Gosplan to predict the demand for such products. The complex demands of the modern economy and inflexible administration overwhelmed and constrained the central planners. Corruption and data fiddling became common practice among bureaucracy to report fulfilled targets and quotas thus entrenching the crisis. At its peak, from Stalin to early Brezhnev, the Soviet economy grew at the same phase as the economies of the United States, Japan and that of the Russian Empire, its predecessor state.[13]
The USSR's small service industry accounted for 0.82% of the country's GDP in 1990 while the industrial and agricultural sector contributed 21.9% and 20% respectively in 1991. Agriculture was the predominant occupation in the USSR before the massiveindustrialization under Joseph Stalin. The service sector was of low importance in the USSR, with the majority of the labor force employed in the industrial sector. The labor force totaled 152.3 million people. Major industrial products include petroleum, steel,motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, lumber, mining, defense industry.
Why did the Soviets make nuclear weapons?
The U.S developed nuclear weapons to scare the Japanese and end world war 2 for the Americans
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Wrong!
Actually the U.S. developed nuclear weapons in WW2 in an arms race with the supposed Nazi Germany project to do the same. Unknown to us, the German project soon stalled and concentrated on reactors not bombs. When Germany surrendered in spring 1945 the U.S. project continued as it was so close to finishing. In August the only 2 nuclear bombs used in war were dropped on Japan, prompting their surrender and ending the war.
They were developed to defend against a possible German threat but got used against Japan to end the war.
After the war, development slowed but was prompted by fears of the expansion of Soviet Communism. Development accelerated again after the USSR's 1949 test of their first nuclear bomb, causing an extended arms race.
Does Hitler's expectations for the soviet campaign indicate Russian winters?
Hitler expected the war to be over in the USSR before the Winter set in as it was in France and Poland. Hitler discounted the delay for the invasion by six weeks. He was sure that the Soviets would fail.
What motivaWhat motivated Germany to sign a nonaggression agreement with the Soviet Union?
Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
In response to the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles on Cuba what did President Kennedy order?
A naval blockade of the island of Cuba (or Cuber as Kennedy used to pronounce it).
Why did the Soviets what to keep Germany weak?
to keep countries between Germany and Soviet Union were under the Soviet Control.
Which political organization was most associated with the iron curtain countries?
I don't understand
because im the one that asked this question and I need help
Which city marked the farthest advance of axis powers into the soviet union during world war 2?
Stalingrad .
How did Joseph Stalin establish a totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union?
Stalin’s rule in the USSR was clearly totalitarian, but he didn’t establish it as much as continue with the existing system that he took over.
What major problems arose in the former soviet union when the USSR fell?
Reconstruction of government was a problem for the former Soviets. They had to reorganize the government they'd had before they were absorbed into the USSR or create completely new governments.
There was also the issue of a poor economy. The Soviet people had always been relatively poor, but the final years of the nation had been hit with extremely hard times. Along with constructing the government, they fifteen new nations had to build an economy.
Why did Soviet Union lag behind other countries?
They didn't have the right weaponry until the recent 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries
In what ways did soviet communism conform to the teachings of marx?
It didn't because the state had the power and the people were mostly powerless.
There never was anything like communism according to Marx. There never even was anything like the socialism Marx predicted would replace capitalism. Nor was there any attempt made to conform to Marx's teachings. The Bolshevik Revolution and the Soviet Union itself were complete betrayals of the causes they said they would advance.
What did comminism put an end to in the Soviet Union?
The USSR was never Communist, it was state capitalist.
