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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
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.
Why was the term iron curtain a good description for the soviet president in eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill described the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe as an Iron Curtain that kept democratic western influences out of the Soviet controlled Eastern Europe through military force.
How did the us defeat the soviet union during the cold war?
By a massive air lift operation in which everything was flown in.
What was the significance of the invasion of the Soviet Union?
I'm not sure but maybe beacuase they wanted the weak contries to have protection from the rest of the world! not sure maybe
- The Eastern Bloc of Europe
- The Cold War for 50 years
What was the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union?
It was when both Soviet Russia and the US competed against one another to see who could build the most nuclear weapons, and who could build them the fastest.
yes
What did Hitler do when Soviet troops were surrounding him in the pacific?
Hitler and the German army never got anywhere close to the Pacific!
introducing the policies of perestroika and glasnost
Who led the Communist Party in Russia?
The "communist revolution" was led by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party followers.
There were two Russian Revolutions in 1917. The February Revolution ousted the Czar, but was not a communist revolution. The October Revolution was orchestrated by Lenin and the Bolsheviks and ousted the Provisional Government set up after the February Revolution. The Bolshevik changed their name to Communists in March 1918.
Which of the soviet Socialist republics did Kaliningrad belong?
Kaliningrad was part of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. It is now part of the Russian Federation.
When did salyut 7 soviet cosmonauts set a record for 237 days in space?
Roughly 8 months after their launch.
Why did the Soviet Union and the western allies clash after World War 2?
The Soviet Union had been invaded by Napoleon and the Germans.
Why did communism fall in Soviet Union in 1991?
The Soviet Union was never Communist, it was an example of state capitalism. Communism is a classless stateless society based on production for use.
How did the Soviet Union break up?
The Soviet Union disintegrated because of revived attacks on the Communist party. Republics in the Balkans declared themselves independent as other countries began to secede, too. Gorbachev resigned from his seat after surviving a coup and Yeltsin took over as president.
After WWI, the Soviet Union (once it had been established) observed much political and social turmoil in the west with increasingly strong communist parties as well as social revolution in Germany, France (to some extent) Spain. It also saw empires becoming increalingly weak, espcially the French and the British. The conclusions, in accordence with the theories of Lenin and Marx, wars would lead to further social turmoil and the inevitable proletarian revolution, proved by the Soviet example itself! Once WWII had been fought, Stalin predicted that the same pattern would be repeated, only much more powerful, and with a strong Soviet Union to support Communist Revolutions (Spainsh Civil War being another example). All Stalin and the Soviet Union had to do, according to Stalin, was to sit back and watch the revolution sweep across the world, the Soviet Union being its beacon. However, Stalin was wrong, as he (an Lenin and Marx) didn't forsee the Marshall plan, and it's increasing support of the middle class. The Marshall Plan did much to enlarge the middle class - petty bourgeois in Stalins terms - a class that wasn't interested in revolution or communism. If the Soviet Union was to see revolution across the world, they themselves had to start it. However, when the Soviet Union came to this conclusion, lulled by events in China, it's army had deteriorated and it lost much of it's potential. Along with the advent of Nuclear Weapons and MAD - mutually assured destruction - military aggression would have to be obfuscated, as happened in Korea, Cuba and Vietnam, and thus much less effective.
What was Stalin's first goal as leader of the Soviet Union?
To pull Russia out of the war and concentrate on establishing a communist state.
What did they change the name of russia to?
In December of 1991 the USSR fell and became what is known today as the "Commonwealth of Independent States" (CIS)'.
How did 10 million people starve by Stalin?
Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, set in motion events designed to cause a famine in the Ukraine to destroy the people there seeking independence from his rule. As a result, an estimated 7,000,000 persons perished in this farming area, known as the breadbasket of Europe, with the people deprived of the food they had grown with their own hands.
What was the first Soviet repiblic to declare its independence?
georgia.... it really didnt go that smoothly
What did the Soviet Union do with its troops after World War 2?
Most of their troops abandoned russia, and sold their uniforms in Germany.
