Soviet Union Flashcards
Soviet Union was?
SOVIET UNION WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTORS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM DURING THE 20TH CENTURY
SOVIET UNION EXISTED AS A COUNTRY BETWEEN ___ AND ___
1922 and 1991
SOVIET UNION OTHERWISE KNOWN AS UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR) WAS BUILT UPON THE SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION THAT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA IN 1917 called
The Russian revolution
THE 1917 RUSSIAN/BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION WAS SPEARHEADED BY
THE 1917 RUSSIAN/BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION WAS SPEARHEADED BY VLADMIR LENIN, JOSEF STALIN AND LEON TROTSKY
THE 1917 REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA PUT AN END TO ?
THE 1917 REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA PUT AN END TO MONARCHICAL RULE AND USHERED IN COMMUNISM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
SOVIET UNION (USSR) ALONG SIDE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EMERGED VICTORIOUS AFTER WORLD WAR II. BOTH COUNTRIES WERE INSTRUMENTAL in ?
IN DEFEATING NAZI GERMANY AND ITS ALLIES
What happened after ww2
BY DEFAULT, USSR AND USA BECAME THE 2 SUPERPOWERS IN THE WORLD AFTER THE END OF WW II IN 1945
SOVIET UNION BECAME THE LEADER OF THE COMMUNIST BLOC WHILE AMERICA BECAME THE LEADER OF THE CAPITALIST BLOC
Countries under the eastern bloc
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL EUROPE AND SOME COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST AND LATIN AMERICA WERE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE EASTERN COMMUNIST BLOC CHAMPIONED BY THE SOVIET UNION
When did Soviet Union test atomic bomb
IN 1949, SOVIET UNION SUCCESSFULLY TESTED ATOMIC BOMB
When did Soviet Union LAUNCH THE WARSAW PACT AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM TO PROTECT COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MOST ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
IN 1953, SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED THE WARSAW PACT AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM TO PROTECT COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MOST ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
When did Soviet Union land get to outer space and us land on the moon
IN 1957, SOVIET UNION BECAME THE 1ST COUNTRY TO GET TO OUTER SPACE WHILE AMERICA BECAME THE 1ST COUNTRY TO LAND ON THE MOON in 1969
What was it called
The space race
___ SERVED AS THE CAPITAL OF SOVIET UNION BETWEEN 1922 AND 1991
MOSCOW SERVED AS THE CAPITAL OF SOVIET UNION BETWEEN 1922 AND 1991
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
POINT 1: ECONOMIC STAGNATION
ECONOMIC STAGNATION: BY THE 1980sā, THE ECONOMY OF SOVIET UNION BEGAN TO DWINDLE
BECAUSE OF THE CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF COMMUNIST USSR, THE BUREACRATIC BOTTLENECKS AND HIGHLY CENTRALIZED SYSTEM, SOVIET UNION COULD NOT UPDATE ITS TECHNOLOGY CONSISTENTLY UNLIKE THE WESTERN CAPITALIST COUNTRIES
THIS AFFECTED THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND THE MANUFACTORING SECTOR IN USSR. AS THE ECONOMY PLUMMETED, SOVIET UNION COULD NO LONGER COMPETE FAVOURABLY WITH AMERICA IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC POWER
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
POINT NUMBER 2: REBELLION IN THE EASTERN COMMUNIST BLOC
PRIOR TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION, SOME COUNTRIES IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE BECAME TIRED OF COMMUNISM BECAUSE OF THE RIGID AND CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF COMMUNIST REGIMES
MANY CITIZENS THAT VOICED THEIR VIEWS AGAINST COMMUNISM WERE ARRESTED, BEATEN AND HARASSED BY STATE CONTROLLED SECURITY AGENCIES
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
THE ABSENCE OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS IN THESE COMMUNIST COUNTRIES LED TO CALLS FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME FOR COUNTRIES UNDER COMMUNISM TO EMBRACE WESTERN DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
POINT NUMBER 3: THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN CAUSING THE DOWNFALL OF USSR. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEVELOPED PROPANDA PROGRAMMES IN ORDER TO GIVE USSR A BAD IMAGE ALL OVER THE WORLD. AMERICA USED WESTERN MEDIA THROUGH NEWSPAPERS, RADIO STATIONS, TV CHANNELS, MUSIC AND BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES TO PROMOTE AMERICA AND WESTERN CIVILISATION AT THE EXPENSE OF SOVIET UNION AND COMMUNISM
ADDITIONALLY, AMERICA PROMOTED CAPITALIST ECONOMIC MODEL AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AS THE BEST OPTIONS FOR COUNTRIES TO ADOPT
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
POINT NUMBER 4: CORRUPTION
THERE WAS WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION AMONG THE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY THAT CONTROLLED SOVIET UNION. WHILE MOST OF THE CITIZENS GROANED UNDER HARSH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, SOME HYPOCRITICAL PARTY CHIEFTAINS WERE EMBEZZLING STATE FUNDS AND ASSETS. THIS SITUATION FURTHER WORSENED THE ECONOMY OF SOVIET UNION
FACTORS THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION
POINT NUMBER 5: PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST
TO AID OUR UNDERSTANDING PERESTROIKA STANDS FOR ECONOMIC LIBERATION WHILE GLASNOST STANDS FOR POLITICAL REFORMS. PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST ARE RUSSIAN WORDS
THE POLICIES OF PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST WERE INTRODUCED BY MIKHAIL GORBACHEV WHO BECAME THE PREMIER OF SOVIET UNION IN 1985
UNDER PERESTROIKA, GORBACHEV ALLOWED THE FORCES OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY TO DETERMINE THE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN THE MARKET. THE ECONOMY WAS STILL UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PARTY OFFICIALS. PERESTROIKA EASED OUT GRADUALLY STATE CONTROL OF THE ECONOMY OF SOVIET UNION
UNDER GLASNOST, GORBACHEV INTRODUCED POLITICAL REFORMS THAT ENSURED THE INTRODUCTION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND SOME OTHER FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT ALLOWED IN SOVIET UNION AND MOST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST POLICIES FACILITATED THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION IN 1991
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- EMERGENCE OF NEW COUNTRIES: ON DECEMBER 26, 1991, SOVIET UNION WAS DISSOLVED. THE DISSOLUTION LED TO THE CREATION OF 15 INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES SUCH AS ESTONIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE ETC
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- RUSSIA BECAME THE SUCCESSOR STATE TO THE FORMER USSR: ALL THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION WERE TRANSFERRED TO RUSSIA. ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS OF SOVIET UNION WERE GIVEN TO RUSSIA. MOSCOW WHICH WAS THE CAPITAL OF USSR WAS RETAINED AS THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA AFTER THE 1991 DISSOLUTION.
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- ALL THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT WERE UNDER THE COMMUNIST BLOC SWITCHED OVER TO LIBERAL (WESTERN) DEMOCRACY
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES ABANDONED SOCIALIST ECONOMIC MODEL AND EMBRACED/ADOPTED CAPITALIST ECONOMIC MODEL
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- COLLAPSE OF THE BI-POLAR SYSTEM: THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION GAVE AMERICA THE OPPORTUNITY IN BECOMING THE NUMERO UNO (NUMBER 1) IN WORLD AFFAIRS. AMERICA IS CONSIDERED THE SOLE SUPERPOWER SINCE 1991
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- EAST AND WEST GERMANY RE-UNITED TO BECOME GERMANY IN 1990 AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE BERLIN WALL IN 1989. GERMANY REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST PROPEROUS AND MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TODAY
EFFECTS OR AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION OF SOVIET UNION
- WITH THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF CHINA, THE EMERGENCE OF GAS RICH RUSSIA, THE EXPANSION AND PROSPERITY OF EU AND THE ROLE OF NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, THE WORLD IS TENDING TOWARDS A MULTI-POLAR SYSTEM
