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Funk Wagnalls Soviet Socialist
1,398 wordsJoseph Stalin (1927 - 1953) led the Soviet State through the challenges of World War II. Although the war was a terrible drain on the already impoverished and exhausted society, it resulted, paradoxically in strengthening the Soviet dictatorship. The war distracted the Soviet people from Stalin's excesses in previous years and generated patriotism and national unity. It also greatly strengthened the Soviet military. The Soviet Union emerged from the war as second in power only to the United Stat...
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1,383 wordsSince the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the whole world has been in fear of nuclear war, for the first time in our history we can completely destroy the world. During the era of super power confrontation, the world came very near to nuclear annihilation on more than once. But now that the era of super power confrontation has ended with the fall of communism and the collapse of the USSR, what are the implications for nuclear stability? 80 Whilst during the cold war, there were only tw...
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Boris Yeltsin Prime Minister
1,039 wordsRecently, the president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, has been extremely ill. Because of this, other government officials must take a greater role and have greater responsibility than they already have. One such government officials that has a had greatly expanded role is Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov. Paul Quinn-Judge of Time Magazine wrote an article entitled "Russia's New Icon" describing the Russian situation. In this article he articulates that "Former Spymaster Yevgeni Primakov reluctantly b...
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Boris Yeltsin Prime Minister
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Taxation Without Representation Quality Of Life
1,658 words... or Anthony Williams is reinventing a new Washington. This expansive plan is authored and enforced through the mayor's office. Mayor Williams asks the people of D. C. to come together and work together to improve the quality of life in the District for both its citizens and the local business community. The mission is simple: giving the citizens of DC the best city in America. 9 What at first seems like political rhetoric actually has a multifaceted plan and vision of making Washington the ci...
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1,228 wordsThe Chechens always despised being ruled by the Russians, likewise, Russia loathed them ranked them among the most ruthless and severe criminals of the former Soviet Union (Roskin 285). Stalin deported the Chechens to Kazakhstan in 1944, claiming they were "German collaborators." When the remaining Muslim Chechens were permitted back into their homeland, they returned feeling bitter and helpless without any available resources on which to survive. Since their repatriation, the people of Chechnya...
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Single Handedly First Place
1,291 words... h talks and peace. So why wait?" Lebed was quoted as saying in the Calgary Herald. (Ticket Aug 13 th/ 96). Unlike a majority of politicians in the Kremlin, Lebed was not in the mood for stalling. Lebed's image quickly rose to "cult status" among the people after being credited with "single-handedly" ending the unpopular war. Unfortunately, he was not too popular in Russia's political arena. Yeltsin fired Lebed following the signing of these "Khasavyurt Agreements", and accused him of sympath...
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Policy Proposal For Economic Reform In Russia
1,423 wordsDespite making a recovery after the 1998 market crash, Russia remains weighted with numerous holdovers from the Communist era that keep its economy from taking advantage of free-market reforms. In short, Russia has not prospered under capitalism because it has not yet discovered it. In order to do so, the Russian government must engage in extensive reform in several key areas: improving the rule of law, creating stable monetary policy, and ending a policy of favoritism to particular businesses. ...
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The Collapse Of Soviet Union
1,671 wordsThe Collapse of the Soviet Union The Soviet totalitarian regime held the many nations of the USSR together for almost three quarters of a century; the disintegration of this political system brought with it economic and political instability as well as civil wars in the separated states. Why did the collapse of the communist regime in the Soviet Union have such a negative impact? The states struggled to coordinate market mechanisms and private ownerships into their economies. Rebellions and radi...
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Organized Crime Russian Economy
1,843 wordsPrior to 1989, the Communists indirectly controlled the government of the Soviet Union. It was during the Mikhail Gorbachev era in which his openness measure of reform was challenged by the explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986. This incident brought about change which was subsequent to an open discussion of poverty, the waste of resources, and the Afghan conflict. Efforts of reform were made by Eastern Europe leaders to remove the Communists leaders. In 1989, there was...
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588 wordsThe Breakup of The Soviet Union In this essay I am going to talk about the breakup of the Soviet Union and all of the events that took place before, during, and after the split up. I will look into the C. I. S (Commonwealth of Independent States), the Government, economy and the conflicts of the former U. S. S. R. In July of 1991, President Mikhail Gorbachev and ten other Republic leaders all met and signed a treaty giving each Republic more self-government. Five more leaders were to sign the tr...
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House Of Representatives Prime Minister
809 wordsExecutive Powers Russia v. Japan Brian Mitchard May 8, 2000 MW 3: 30 - 4: 45 Summary of Powers Within the constitution of a nation, powers are delegated to certain institutions of that nation? s government. Although in many cases similar, nations can vary drastically when defining the organizational structure from which they operate. Some democratic constitutions delegate more power to the executive branch while in other nations more power is given to the legislature. This point can be illustrat...
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1,310 wordsMacroeconomics 4 / 25 / 00 Formerly the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia has been an independent nation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Because of its great size, its natural resources, and its political domination, the Russian Federation played a leading role in the economy of the Soviet Union. In the years preceding the disintegration of the union in 1991, the economy of Russia and the union as a whole was in decline. In 1992, immediatel...
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1,313 wordsThomas J Milone-Clapp Macroeconomics 4 / 25 / 00 Formerly the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia has been an independent nation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Because of its great size, its natural resources, and its political domination, the Russian Federation played a leading role in the economy of the Soviet Union. In the years preceding the disintegration of the union in 1991, the economy of Russia and the union as a whole was in declin...
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Boris Yeltsin Soviet Union
872 wordsBy: Nir 15 / 11 / 1998 Gorbachev Mikail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born in 1931 in a small farming village called Privolnoye, which was in the Stavropol region of Russia. Gorbachev had a hard youth. His family lived under Stalin s terror and were forced into collective labour farms. He was able to survive through those days because his grandfather helped organise a collective farm, this meant that he was on Stalin s side. Later, came the Nazi invasion were Gorbachev was only 11 years old when the...
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Mikhail Gorbachev Boris Yeltsin
1,055 wordsThe Russian government is a time bomb just waiting to explode, you have a whole country in economic turmoil, and the leaders are frantic to try and diffuse the situation. Two leaders have tried to turn their nations around Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, and Boris Yeltsin of Russia. Although different it is surprising they both had the same common goal? Mikhail Gorbachev was born in a small town in the Red Guard district of Stavropol province called Privolnoe. Gorbachev was accepted by th...
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431 wordsChechnya is an Chechnya CHECHNYA Chechnya is an independent republic located in the middle of the Caucasus Mountains. This land has always belonged to the Shemite people, decedents of the Shem. The neighboring republics all around them are very similar ethnically. The people that live in the Caucasus Mountains are not the same as the Russian people. In 1864, Chechens surrendered to Russia. During Russias quest for national expansion, Russia desired the lands in the Caucasus region and fought aga...
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791 wordsPolitical Economy: Executive Powers, Russia And Japan Political Economy: Executive Powers, Russia And Japan Summary of Powers Within the constitution of a nation, powers are delegated to certain institutions of that nations government. Although in many cases similar, nations can vary drastically when defining the organizational structure from which they operate. Some democratic constitutions delegate more power to the executive branch while in other nations more power is given to the legislature...
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2,595 wordsMany critics and skeptics forecast doom for post-communist Russia when 1991 saw the end to the Soviet-Union. It was believed that a collapsed economy, hurt pride, and rampant nationalism would all soon drive Russia to some sort of neo-communist or neo-fascist state. It has been almost 10 years now since the dissolution of the Soviet-Union, and this scenario has failed to arise. Some experts feel, pointing to the decisive defeat of the communists in the presidential election in July, that at this...
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345 wordsBiography of Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin was born in 1931 in Sverdlovsk. His father was Nikolai Yeltsin, who worked in construction and was later convicted of anti-Soviet agitation, and his mother was Klavdiya Yeltsin, who worked a seamstress. Boris graduated from Pushkin High School in Beoezniki, Monitor and then graduated from college at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in 1955, where he majored in construction. He was a successful student and even played volleyball for Sverdlovsk in the USSR fi...
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