The World Of The Soviet Union

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).

“We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see they have it.” General George S. Patton believed this and was right to a certain degree. America didn’t declare war on the Soviets but they did play a major role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Americans didn’t fire a shot on Russian soil but they pressured them into doing acts that the Russian economy wasn’t capable of doing. Although the Soviet Union was a super power after World War 2, their power was cut short because of the involvement in the space race and arms race.

During World War II women in the Soviet Union played a major role in helping the

The Soviets began quickly on creating new technology as a way to show their military power. On October 4, 1957 they successfully launched a satellite called Sputnik Ⅰ, it was about the size of a beach ball, and became the first satellite to orbit the earth. Soon after Sputnik Ⅰ, Sputnik Ⅱ was launched in November 3, 1957, this is considered the first time life from earth went into space because in that shuttle a dog named Laika boarded. After two successful launches from the Soviets United States became a little frightened, they came to the conclusion that if the Soviet Union had the ability to launch a satellite they could also launch a nuclear missile. Since this era was during the Cold War the thought of the Soviets having greater military power frightened the United States. As a result in January 1958 the United states decided to launch their first satellite called Explorer Ⅰ. Explorer Ⅰ carried scientific equipment that then led to that discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt, but this launch was not enough. After many more satellites being sent to space and the Soviets setting many records such as the first dual man flight, the first space walk, and the first women in space, the United States decided that they needed to go above and beyond just sending a satellite to space to be able to prove that they were

The Space Race and the moon landing was an exciting time in the United States history. The race was to see who the first country was to get to space, including the moon. The United States and Russia were both on a mission to get to space while facing not only the Cold War, but also World War 2.

The Space Race began when the Soviet Union created Sputnik I, an artificial satellite. On October 4th of 1975, Sputnik I was launched into space by an ICBM, an intercontinental ballistic missile, and became the first ever satellite to enter space. The Soviets wasted little time though, and on November 3rd of the same year, they sent the first animal, a dog by the name of Laika, into space (1 ). However, it wasn’t until 1958 that the United States responded. Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower sent out troops to find former Nazi, Wernher Von Braun and his team of aerospace engineers (2). Von Braun and his team were quick to get to work, and attempted to send the Vanguard rocket into space in December of 1957, but to no avail, it failed and it wasn’t until January 31st of 1958 that the U.S. launched the Explorer and finally had a satellite in

Looking back it is easy to understand why the Russians leaped ahead in the space race; however, our leaders used all available assets, closed the gap and won the race. What is hard to believe is the successful satellite launch by the Soviet Union, has the most far-reaching effects in our recent history.

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.

The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (NASA). Now with the Soviet Union in the lead this would mark a milestone because never had the United States of America been passed by the Soviet Union in science (Digital History). "It was Americans who made all of the publicity of this. Then it was the beginning of (the space) race. It was only on one side - the American side. My father didn't want to spend too much money. He had a different priority, to make life better for the people."”— Sergei Khrushchev. The space race for many year was dominated by the Soviets. Even with the head start that that the Soviets had received you saw that the America spirt was not dead and they looked to do something that has still to this day has not been done by anyone else. Landing on the moon."Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Neil Armstrong. With the United States landing on the moon in July 20, 1969(Rockets&Revolutions). That finalized the space race, something that the United states was always trailing in until one man had the courage to do the impossible .”That's one small step for man, one giant leap for

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world 's first artificial satellite and fear grew of their ability to launch a nuclear strike on the United States from orbit (Kuplic, and Stephenson 1126). The Russians had a dominating lead on the United States, on what would later be termed "the space race". Just a month later, the Russians would launch a dog aboard Sputnik-2. Likia, or Лайка, in Russian, she was found as a stray; she was the first living animal in space [Figure-1] (Barnett 190). Likia 's spaceflight was for the sole purpose of proving the survivability in space flight for humans. Russian Yuri Gagarin would be the first human to orbit the earth. [Figure-2] The Soviet Union not only held on to, but also continually expanded their lead

With the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, the government model of a totalitarian state led socialism was utterly discredited and thus popular opinion is largely against the relevance of Marxist theory in the 21st century. As a result we are left with the alternative, capitalism, as the pinnacle of human social organization and dialectically the end of human history. The fact that this system has proven to be efficient at industrial development and the allocation of resources, is not up for debate, however many of the flaws that Marx had criticised still exist today. This is the problem that keeps Marxism relevant in contemporary society. Key aspects of capitalist society have been proven to be unstable, tension between the workers and the ownership class has risen. Both are products of the inhumane economics system that is the status quo today.

The Second World War left Europe utterly devastated once again, by the modern armies of Europe. The Russian Red Army liberated Berlin from Nazi dominance and control in 1945, installing their own governmental ideologies, social, economic, and political terms. Contracting postwar governments, in the post war period immediately after the war known as "Zero Hour". Once the Russians liberated Germany any type of governmental stability and law/order just deteriorated. In its wake building East Germany to become known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) under the control of the Soviet Union. Life and society in general, was controlled by government, not just political institutions but also social institutions as well. The people were always watched and suspected by the elites in the communist party using their network of secrete spies and police. Only later to be overthrown in a domino effect of Revolutions all throughout Eastern Europe towards the final years of the Soviet Union.

Popular reminiscences highlight the zeal and motivation of the American body, often ignoring or dismissing the Soviet side; perhaps demonstrating the truth of winners writing history. Although as one looks back on the event its made obvious that instead of blatant fact in which the American’s had the upper hand, the moon landing was the result of the culmination of actions and reactions from both American and Soviet.

The Soviet Union was already setting up a unique standard of gender roles and gender equality, so the reinforced emphasis on fertility created an interesting return to traditional gender stereotypes. Despite the resurgence of the traditional ideal, the 1936 Decree was able to emphasize motherhood and nurturing without limiting women to the more feminine role. Instead, what occurred was the “super heroine” role, where the women’s maternity and industrial capital were both valued. Women were given both higher recognition for their role as a mother and also allowed to remain independent through her industrial power.

In 1991, the Soviet Union had been collapsed and the Socialism is not an alternative economic system after that. The influence of Socialism is is significantly reduced and the other comparative systems has become a study of variants in capitalist systems. The most typical example is the crony capitalism in post war South Korea and Russia nowadays and the khaki capitalism Indonesia in the 70’s while the main economic system in Japan and the Asian Tigers is the new mercantilism. However, the social market systems of Western Europe which so called the Rhine model of capitalism is one of the most enduring and endearing.