Republics of the Soviet Union

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Soviet republics have been forced to undertake the harrowing task of achieving stability for their citizens and developing their own identities independent from the former hegemon. Some, such as Poland, have been successful in this regard, while others, such as Georgia, have been less fortunate. For Ukraine, a vast agricultural country with centuries-old ties to Russia, answers to the questions of stability and identity have been uncertain

extent to which the Soviet Union was successful in transforming the traditional tribal and clan identities in the Central Asian Republics? Introduction Central Asia, also known the middle Asia is the core region of Asian continent, which stretches from the Caspian Sea in the east to China in the West and from the South to the Afghanistan and Russia in the North (Collins, 2002). The Soviet Union was a socialist state in that existed between 1922 and 1991, in Eurasia. The union was a one party federation

By the mid 1980’s, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics also known as the Soviet Union, or the USSR was weakening under pressure from many different sources. These sources collimated in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, and ultimately, the fall of the Soviet Union itself in 1991. With these events, the USSR saw its division into the Russian Federation, and the 13 independent republics that we see today. This time period was one of uncertainty, and the

people to rationing their food. This all meant terrible news for Europe’s global influence and power leading to the emergence of two huge superpowers the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. This is what gave birth to the European Union, an idea conceived by Jean Monnet. The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. In particular France and Germany who had be at war with other 3 times in less than

In one week, the summer of 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, became history. The forces of reform unleashed by President Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid 1980’s generated a democratic movement. “Mr. Gorbachev may be revered for the democratic forces he unleashed- his policies of perestroika, or reconstructing, and glasnost, or openness. However, his failure to put food on Soviet tables and his reluctance to move boldly on economic reforms doomed him to be a failure'; (Sieff)

Joseph Stalin ruled as dictator of the Union Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR) from 1929-1923. Stalin manipulated and outmanoeuvred his political opponents for control of the party. During his rule Stalin used terror and violence to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society to an industrial and military superpower, killing millions along the way (http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalinv). Stalin was born in rural Georgia, Russia in 1879. By the time of his birth, the Georgia nation had

Background. Ukraine gained independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) August 24, 1991 (Mark, 2016). Slightly smaller in size than Texas, Ukraine is bordered by Poland, Romania, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and the Black Sea. With a population of 44.4 million people it is not a very diverse country with 77% identified as ethnic Ukrainians, 18% ethnic Russian, and 5% other (CIA, 2015). In the last 12 years a relatively young Ukrainian government has suffered from political

between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (known as the USSR or Soviet Union) which in turn caused the cold war in 1945. The main reason where the differences between the two caused tension was that the Americans were in fear of a communist attack while the Soviet Union had a fear of the atomic bomb which the United States had. I feel like the main issues where cause by these two things. Fear does strange things to people. The Soviet Union had done many things which caused

crippling the economy. If anything, it made it worse. Perestroika introduced a free market economy, essentially the basics of capitalism, and aimed to improve life for Soviet citizens and working conditions. In theory, the reward of working was meant to stimulate the people to work even harder, which in the end would aid the Soviet economy and revive it. This was far from what happened. The new economic system did not have enough free market elements, causing for the failure of businesses and supply

The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 left many Eastern European countries in disarray. One such country was Czechoslovakia. It separated from the Soviet Union December 26, 1991. A few years after Czechoslovakia broke away from the Soviet Union it broke apart, in January 1, 1993. The two countries are now The Czech Republic and Slovakia. When the two countries split, it was done peacefully, without a fight or war. The Soviet Union broke up because Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from being the president