The Soviet Union,[a] officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),[b] was a federalsovereign state in northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.[11] Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics,[c] in practice its government and economy were highly centralized. The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR). Other major urban centers were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, Alma-Ata, and Novosibirsk. It spanned over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 mi) east to west across 11 time zones, and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 mi) north to south. Its territory included much of Eastern Europe, as well as part of Northern Europe and all of Northern and Central Asia. It had five climate zones: tundra, taiga, steppes, desert and mountains. (From Wikipedia)
From my impression, or what I know is that. Soviet Union is the ex-Russia. And also it’s the first communist country. Soviet Union also influenced my country, China, a lot. Soviet Union also had a war with German and then had a cold war. The next thing happened is that the country splits. And then, Russia came out.
This the main leader of Soviet Union.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[b] (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili[a]; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878[1] – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920s until 1953 as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Premier (1941–1953). Despite initially governing the Soviet Union as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become the country’s de factodictator by the 1930s. A communist ideologically committed to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, Stalin formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are known as Stalinism. (From Wikipeadia)
What he done is to form the ideas. These ideas which called Marxism-Leninism, become the main thoughts of his country. All the people, citizens and government follow his idea. To make the country better and more justice. This idea also come to my country and the leader of us, Mao, changed that in his own way and become our country’s leading ide
Cold WAR
he origins of the Cold War involved the breakdown of relations between the Soviet Union versus the United States, Great Britain and their allies in the years 1945–1949.
The origins derive from diplomatic (and occasional military) confrontations stretching back decades, followed by the issue of political boundaries in Central Europe and non-democratic control of the East by the Soviet Army. In the 1940s came economic issues (especially the Marshall Plan) and then the first major military confrontation, with a threat of a hot war, in the Berlin Blockade of 1948–1949. By 1949, the lines were sharply drawn and the Cold War was largely in place in Europe.[1] Outside Europe, the starting points vary, but the conflict centered on the US’ development of an informal empire in southeast Asia in the mid-1940s.[2]
Events preceding World War II and even the Russian Revolution of 1917, underlay older tensions between the Soviet Union, European countries and the United States. A series of events during and after World War II exacerbated tensions, including the Anglo-Americans repeated postponement of an amphibious invasion of German-occupied Europe, disagreement about Eastern European democracy made in wartime conferences and the Kremlin’s control of an Eastern Bloc of Soviet satellite states. (From wikipedia)
This is the main event that cause Soviet Union to break down and then forms Russia. Soviet Union used to be very strong and powerful. It’s idea, technology and economy is always the top around the global. But after cold war, it all gone. What’ left is a new country called Russia
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