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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.
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How did the Soviet Union get involved in Korea?
The Soviet Union did not fight directly but it aided North Korea by sending it supplies
What caused Castro to seek closer ties to the soviet union?
An alliance with Russia would help prevent America from invading or interfering with his communist dictatorship over Cuba.
How did the Soviet Union get missiles into Cuba without the US finding out?
They stole them from other leading countries with U.S.S.R. spies.
Which of the fowing were results of the arms race between the soviet union and the US?
increased atmosppheric radiation and long-range health problems for people living near the test sites>>>>>novanet<<<<<<
NASA
Blackbird (Fasted self-propelled arial vehicle to date.)
Hydrogen bomb.
Landing on the moon.
Was it possible for soviet astronaut Yuri gagarin to witnessed one of houdinis famous escapes?
No, their lives did not overlap at all.
What are two effects of Reagan's policy against the Soviet Union?
Reagan increased the US national debt with many billions of dollars spent on defense. Gorbechev became the leader of the Soviet Union and sought peace with the US. The Berlin Wall was torn down ion November 9, 1989. Outspent by the US, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
The U.S. used organizations like NATO and the Marshall Plan to stop European nations from aligning with the Soviet Union.
Who After the war countries that were governed by communists and under soviet control were called?
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic> Or USSR.
Who was the totalitarian ruler of the Soviet Union after Lenin?
Joseph Stalin was the "totalitarian" leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin, however he did not have dictatorial powers immediately after Lenin's death in 1924. It took Stalin until the mid 1930's before he had eliminated almost all of his equals in the Communist Party and installed people loyal to him personally in positions of power. Once he had done that he became the totalitarian leader that history remembers him as.
What was the system of government in the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union was a state capitalist dictatorship. Those who controlled the government formed the ruling capitalist class. Communism will have no government.
What did the soviet union set up in response to reunify Germany?
After World War II, as Cold War tensions slowly increased, the Soviet Union and the major Western powers came into conflict over the occupation of Germany and various other issues. The situation escalated dramatically in 1961, with the erection of the "Berlin Wall" by the Soviet Union in response to the West's continued support of West Germany and the massive defections by East Germans via West Berlin itself.
What is Nazi Soviet aggression pact?
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, also known as the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact and the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, was signed between Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotovand and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop on Aug 23, 1939. Publicly, this agreement stated that the two countries would not attack each other, nor would they interfere with each other in case of war. However, the treaty also included a Secret Protocol, which divided Poland in two, and both countries are granted the right to seize their respective half.
Why did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?
Although initially Hitler wanted the USSR as an ally (or at least as a neutral), the Soviet takeover of German-occupied territory in Romania showed that Stalin had no intention of ceding European domination to Germany. Rather than wait for an eventual clash, Hitler and his advisors decided to preemptively seize control of the Soviet heartland, and then use its resources to fuel the German war machine.
A month before the official German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement (January 10, 1941), directives had been already issued for the swift takeover of the USSR. German troops launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941. Historians have observed that without the supplies received from the USSR from 1939 to 1941, Germany would likely not have had the resources to mount their invasion.
In hindsight it seems like a suicidal idea and history showed that it was. Hitler broke the cardinal rule of warfare: Do not underestimate your enemy. He expected the Soviet peasants to be no match for his armies. Expansionism drove him to seek, " living space" he called it, for the German people. He had no idea that the 'Invincible Reich' was about to get its first-ever hammering.
the first of two reasons was that the German dictator adolph Hitler believed that Germany needed more living space for his people than the land inside the German Reich could afford.secondly the ideaology of national socialism(the nazi,s) considered that communism was there mortal enemies.
How did Stalins policies impact the soviet union?
It basically killed all the Old Bolsheviks that could remember Lenin, and allowed Russia to be ruled by the younger Bolsheviks who had been taught to follow Stalin.
Alternative: Stalin's terror affect not too much population at all. Many people mix Stalin's terror with anti-criminal processes. For usual Russian people, Stalin's terror was no more than newspaper header.
What was denied to people under the Soviet government?
Freedom of belief ... and all other manifestations of individualism.
From earliest ages, Soviet children were taught that and individualist was as dangerous to the general well-being as a nail protruding from a wooden walkway.
A quote from Lenin summarizes: "Where individual rights exist, the state cannot exist. Where the state exists, individual rights cannot exist."
Tensions of US and Soviet Union that led to the cold war?
The Cold War began as World War II was ending. American leaders saw the power and ambitions of the Soviet Union as a threat to our national security. The Cold War was a war of words and ideologies rather than a shooting war, although at times the Cold War turned “hot” as in Korea and Vietnam. Basically, the Cold War was a rivalry between the United States as leader of the western democracies, and the Soviet Union and the nations that were controlled by the communists. Some causes of the Cold War included: Attempts by the Soviets and Chinese Communists to influence and take over areas in Asia and Europe. Containment--the policy of the United States to stop communism from spreading to other areas of the world. The Truman Doctrine--a policy of supporting anti-communist regimes with military and economic aid. The Doctrine was first used in support of democratic governments in Greece and Turkey. The Marshall Plan--a massive plan to aid in rebuilding Europe after World War II. Western allied nations, as well as neutral nations, and even the Soviet Union were offered economic assistance. The Soviet Union saw this as a threat to their attempt to gain influence in Europe and Asia. The division of Germany after the war---The Soviets blockaded West Berlin, which was deep within Communist East Germany. The Soviets thought the blockade would allow them to take over all of Berlin. The US replied with the Berlin Airlift, to supply West Berlin. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the US, Canada, and nine European nations, the first peacetime military alliance in US History. The NATO nations agreed that an attack on one would be an attack on all. The Soviets replied with the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe. September, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first Atomic Bomb. The Cold War continued through the decades of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/coldwar.htm http://meme.essortment.com/effectswhatcau_mmy.htm http://www.teacheroz.com/toc.htm
When did the Soviet Union try to take over Berlin?
The Soviet Union, in union with the other Allied forces on the Western Front's attemps, attempted to finally crush the German Nazi regime by assaulting, invading, and conquering the German capital and Nazi headquarters, Berlin.
The actual battle for the psychical city itself began on April 21, 1945 with the Soviets unleashing shells on the city. However, the Soviets had been battling their way through the last lines of German defence on the out-skirts of the city since many days before. The Soviets had been fighting for encirclement of the city. They succeeded.
The offensive ended on the night of May 2nd, with the commanders surrendering the cities and all armed forces. With Mussolini killed by Soviet Army, and Hitler having just committed suicide, the surrender in Berlin acted as a trigger that carried out through the next few days military surrenders from the Germans.
How did Kennedy respond to soviet successes in space 1961?
The sole purpose of the space race, though many people are unaware of it, was to demonstrate which country could throw the largest hydrogen bomb the furthest distance the most accurately, without actually having to throw a real hydrogen bomb.
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The chief political and economic architect of the 1917 Russian Revolution that created the Soviet Union was Joseph Stalin
Who was Joseph Stalin's primary opponent for control of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin's rival for control of the Soviet Union was Leon Trotsky. Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 and over the next 5 years Stalin would kill or otherwise remove all of his political opponents and rivals and exile Trotsky. He eventually had Trotsky assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
Compare the two wars Vietnam and the soviet afghan war?
The war in Vietnam, the Korean War, World War 1, World War 2...were fought against Nations (countries). The United States is NOT at war with Iraq nor Afghanistan.
The US is at war with insurgents/terrorists (criminals that attacked New York City on 9/11); they just happen to be in the Iraq/Afghanistan regions.
