Cultural Differences Between Us And Russia

The US and the USSR maintained their diplomatic relations, and yet, behaved like enemies. Many historians refer to the war as “diplomatic war”. The Cold War was defined by Fleming as “a war that is fought not in the battle field, but in the minds of men; one tries to control the minds of other.” Unlike a standard war, it was fought in the diplomatic channels and the United Nations forum. As the Cold War progressed, its nature underwent many changes during over four decades, however, three primary characteristics of the Cold War were recognized by the historians C. Kegley and E. Wittkopf, they are the

The Cold War was a pivotal time in American history. To a greater degree than most other wars, the Cold War affected American society in unfathomable and profound ways. More specifically, American culture transformed immensely during this time. From a constant state of anxiety, to changes in media and the arts, to McCarthyism; the Cold War fervently affected the quality of life, personal expression, and American politics. Predominantly, the Cold War inflicted fear and apprehension within the American people that was so overpowering that it affected every aspect of their lives and overall American culture.

One country is comparable to the United States of America in terms of world power and prominence. Russia makes their name known beginning in World War 2 (WW2), later in the Korean War, Cold War, and today’s proxy war in the Syria. Russia’s culture, environment, politics, military, and economy do not just make Russia a regional powerhouse, but slowly becoming a region of influential power to surrounding countries with the end state of a global superpower. All the factors that make Russia the powerhouse that it is slowly becoming, highlights the impressive trend that supersedes the previous Soviet Union and past leaders.

In this paper I will discuss what actions and thoughts added up to cause the cold war. The cold war lasted from September 1, 1945 to about December 25, 1991. That is about forty-five years, which is an extremely long time. The cold war was a global competition basically between two sides, the Free World, which was led by the United States of America, and the Communist World led by the Soviet Union. The struggle took place through indirect military conflict, and direct competition in the areas of economics, diplomacy, culture, space exploration, and political theory. It also involved nuclear stand offs, espionage, and global competition for other nations. The cold war has established the framework for most

The Cold War was a state of political and military conflict that tested the vigor and fortitude of a multitude of United States presidents. Throughout the Cold War, various different strategies and foreign policies were tried and tested by US presidents. However, the environment in which these policies operated in did not stay consistent. Correspondingly, the Soviet Union’s potency fluctuated consistently, meaning that during some periods the “Red Scare” was not nearly as threatening as others. The ever-changing state of affairs throughout the Cold War was spawned from a number of reasons, including both the belligerency of what was then the current Soviet administration and the acting effects of previously implemented American foreign policy.

The Cold War, which started sometime in the 1940’s, was a large quarrel between the United States and the Soviet Union. This dispute involved a lot of propaganda and threats of nuclear warfare. Despite all of the trouble though, after over forty years of fighting, the two leaders of these countries (Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev) would finally work out a solution. However, although they did reach an agreement, there were many differences between these two men.

Sports reflect society and it goes the other way around. All facets of popular sporting events reflect our standards and what we desire as well as appreciate the most. For example, we have the Super Bowl. We have several Americans who take a day off work just for this event and it's considered normal. There are arguments and superstitions and and overly planned out parties because all of this and so much more is tradition. The enthusiasm and pride is tradition. You could say the same about the Soviet Union and the way they treated sports. They had dramatic events and overly dramatized the specialty of their teams. Some people like to emphasize the difference between the Soviet Union and America, but we have many similarities towards the fanatic

The United States and Russia both represent polar opposite political structures. The United States, the epicenter of freedom which governed by a constitutional republic where the citizens dictate politics. Russia, a country that is ruled by communism. The United States and Russia have had strong political differences for many years and have come close to nuclear war on many occasions. The obvious political differences have caused tensions between the two but why is there so much distrust and disdain between the United States and Russia?

Russia and the United States at one point in time were polar opposites, never getting along with each other. Although now, still not completely alike, they are starting to show more similarities. Like in their culture, government and their economics. However sharing more similarities, Russia and the United States do have their differences. One factor contributing to the United States and Russia’s differences are its government.

     Gender roles in Russia have dramatically changed since the fall of the former Soviet Union and the fall of communism. It is hard to look directly at the constitution of Russia seeing as though the drafting and redrafting of their constitution is still underway. However, looking at the constitution of the former Soviet Union, you can see it is clearly stated that: “Women and men have equal rights.” It is very clear that in the Soviet Union they were trying to make it so that women and men were equal. It is still clear today that those same basic ideals are present in Russia. Women are clearly more equal in their country than in ours. In the workforce as well as in the home, women

The political culture in Russia is much different than the United States. In Russia, the citizens care less about a politician’s personal life and chaos doesn’t ensue if they don’t know how something got done. This idea is often refereed to as “closed door politics.” In the past one-hundred years, there has never been a true democratic leader in Russia. Ultimately, if Russia wants to become more democratic, the President would need to relinquish some of the power he currently

“Inculcation is the gradual coming to know something through mundane processes of training and learning” (Chetro-Szivos, J. Lecture 1). Through inculcation we acquire a set of dispositions that mold the body and eventually become second nature to the actor. Paralleling this concept with education systems in place around the world, many similarities can be drawn. In this paper, we compare universities, or four-year institutions, in Russia and the United States. To begin, a description of a typical Russian university will be given.

After World War II, the United States had effectively become the most powerful and influential country in the world both militarily and politically. During America’s rise to power, however, hostilities mounted between America and the Soviet Union, resulting in a fierce rivalry. The Cold War, which never involved direct military confrontations between the two nations, involved of the struggle to contain the spread of communism, extreme anti-communist attitudes in America, and a reemergence of the civil rights issue.

Most people can agree that Russia is an interesting culture, even if they know very little about it. It has unique aspects to it, such as its political power, military, food, and even language. The US is competitors with them, yet neither ever called for war. Russia is a very literate country, one of the highest in literacy. Russia has so much more to it than its stereotype, such as being known for large mobsters and mafia groups. Russia is much more than that, and not many people want to learn more or look past it. Russia may be a competitor to the US, but the fact that it is such a great competitor proves the fact that they are a great

In the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy the main families are identified as members of the Aristocratic, or Western, society in Russia. The novel’s historical timeline includes the cultural shift from the original Russian culture seen in Moscow, to the more progressive Aristocratic society, seen in Saint Petersburg. In the novel Tolstoy uses subtle and some not so subtle indications that point toward his true opinion on the two different societies in which the characters interact in. The depiction of societal norms in Petersburg in the novel illustrates Tolstoy’s views on Aristocratic culture as inferior to Russian culture; Tolstoy’s views throughout the novel are that the Aristocratic culture brought western societal norms to Russia, and extinguished the original Russian culture and passion that Tolstoy idolized throughout the novel. The Western society and the culture that has developed there is seen in a negative manner throughout the novel. The characters who reside in this society and who are active participants in the culture are described as being involved in manipulative relationships, and are only after status, power and wealth in both these relationships and also in their careers. However, the Russian society and culture is seen in a much more positive way. The characters who live in this society and experience the culture are seen as pure and passionate. Each of these depictions of the different