How Did The Soviet Union Change The World?

In 1989, the world saw the fall of the United Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.), which was also known as the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a block of 15 Communist Eastern European states that was ruled by one government with various puppet governments located throughout the states. Its collapse brought about new issues that the world had never had to deal with before. The fall of such a large block of Soviet states created many problems and some of the solutions that were used to solve these problems, as well as many of the tensions that were created during this time, still affect the world today. Some of the ramifications resulting from the Soviet Union’s collapse are still being felt; however, many problems have been solved

Post World War II, both the United States and the Soviet Union were fearful of fighting each other directly from fear of nuclear weapons and mass destruction (D. Johnson, P. Murray). Instead, they fought each other by participating in wars on separate parts of the world. Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union constantly fluctuated due to both sides trying to influence political and economic developments around the world (D. Johnson, P. Murray).

During World War II, one of the most powerful alliances was formed by three nations: the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. The leaders became known as the Big Three. These three included Churchill of Britain, Stalin of Russia, and Roosevelt from America. It is important to note that the leaders of both the US and Britain were not eager to work together with Joseph Stalin. Not only had Russia betrayed the West in World War I, but they were also a communist nation. After all, America had been long taught that communists are an enemy. Differences aside, taking down Hitler and Germany was most important. In order to take down the Nazis, the Allies knew that they had to force Germany into a two front war. The first front had already been established in the East on the Russian border. On June 6th of 1944, American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in France. Eventually, the Allies forced all the way into the heart of Germany on both the West and the East. Finally, Germany had no choice but to surrender. It was now up to the Allies how to go about replacing world peace. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, the Allies weren’t necessarily ready to be great friends. It was now that the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals instead of allies.

After a long period of fighting on land, where else can nations fight? The early twentieth century saw many battles, the biggest being the two world wars. As World War II ended in 1945, the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States were locked in a cold war.

The United States did not have a favorable relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War due to the Soviet’s desire to spread communism. In the midst of the ideological battle between the United States and the Soviets, U.S. sought attention to whole Southeast Asia due to the radical dispersion of Communism. North Vietnam formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, and China to unite the country into a communist regime. As an international peace keeper, the United States decided to fund the French and eventually send military troops to Vietnam to help in combat he North Vietnamese guerillas, and contain the spread of communism before it escalates in full-scale across all of Southeast Asia. The Marshall Plan urged the United States to

Myth: America defeated Nazi Germany with help from its plucky British and United States sidekick

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union toppled regimes, controlled a handful of Eastern European satellite states with an iron fist, and sent an unfathomable number of people into Siberian exile. Much of this brutality was the work of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Upon inception, the UN was essentially rendered irrelevant and impotent. In the immediate years after the UN adopted its 1948 human rights charter, the Soviet Union massacred its own people with impunity and nearly started a nuclear war with the United States. The UN was virtually silent for all those years.

What would the History of the world have be if the United States never landed on the moon, but instead the Soviet Union was successful at sending cosmonauts to the moon and were the first humans to ever step foot on a celestial body? This is what I wanted to explore in my research, this is all subjective we cannot go back in time to see what the outcome would have been if it never happened the way it did. The idea has been talked about even with the sceptics who think the whole moon landing in 1969 was a hoax to give the United States the title and make the Soviets stop pursuing the moon landing. In this paper I want to give a little history of actual events and then examine ideas of alternative events.

In 1945 the Second World War came to an end, many people thought there would be peace and happiness once it ended. They were correct for a while, until the turmoil left over by the World War II began a new war in itself. Germany did not like its punishment as it nearly ruined their economy and it was divided up into four areas, each controlled by United State, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France respectively. But at the time they did not agree with many things which began to affect the territory control. The Soviet Union began to take over Eastern Europe and create communist governments. Along with the Communist governments being created in Europe, the Soviet Union began to create communist governments in Korea, Asia, and other parts

The Soviet Union played an important role in the events of the 20th century in both direct and indirect ways. The rise of the Soviet Union by the end of the Russian Revolution played a significant role in the way that World War I played out; it played a crucial role in the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was the formidable rival of the United States during the Cold War, during which every action it took was viewed with angst by the West. With the level of influence the Soviet Union possessed in the 20th century, the question is: what other more pressing influence caused its demise? The primary cause of the crumbling of the Soviet Union can be summarized by: the inability for the Soviet Union to maintain the support of the Soviet people, and this created the ultimate inability of the Soviet Union to create the socialist utopia that Marx envisioned.

In December 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Representatives from 11 Soviet republics met in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata and said that they would not be part of the Soviet Union anymore. They decided that they would created a Commonwealth of Independent States. The Soviet Union had fallen, mostly due to the many radical reforms that the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his time as the leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev was saddened by the dissolution of the USSR and resigned from his job. This was a peaceful end to a long horrible time in world

Although often overlooked World War 2 can arguably seen as the most critical event in the history of the Soviet Union. The result of the war was the epitome of Stalin’s vision of success for the Soviet Union. The War initially had a significantly positive impact on the Soviet Union in the short term, however the results and effects of the War were a factor that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union as a whole.

As a child growing up in the Soviet Union, I adored paganism. It had tradition; it had perspective. Above all, it had expedient rootedness. Stalin was my top god. He was the man. He knew what the news was before it happened.

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

For centuries Ukraine has been controlled by many different countries. For most of the last century, Ukraine had been controlled by the USSR. In 1954, Ukraine, part of the USSR, was given the sea port of the Crimea peninsula. When the USSR dissolved in the early 1990’s, Ukraine voted to leave the USSR. The Crimea peninsula in addition to Ukraine voted to leave Russia and stay part of Ukraine (Kuzio, & Wilson, 1994). Until 2014 no major problems between Crimea and Ukraine existed. When Ukraine elected a pro-European leader Crimea voted to leave. Within days of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine they joined Russia and problems arose. Soon after Russian troops were reported in eastern Ukraine causing Ukraine’s civil war to shift and