Soviet Union Essay Examples

Through the 1920s peasants provided the Soviet government with many problems. The argument about the future of NEP was largely to do with how the government should treat the peasants. It was an argument that had already split the politburo in two.Early in 1928 Stalin announced that the USSR was 2 million tonnes short of […]

1. Explain why according to Source D “four to five million people perished”?Richard Service states in Source D that four to five million people perished “from ‘dekulakisation’ and grain seizures.” Dekulakisation refers to the annihilation of the entire class of kulaks, which were ‘rich peasants’. Kulaks were peasants who were somewhat better off than other […]

Stalin was in control of Russia for nearly 30 years, from 1924, after the death of the Bolshevik leader, Lenin, to 1953, when Stalin, himself, died. He was incredibly brutal, and sent many innocent people to their deaths, or to “gulags” (Russian concentration camps). He had his critics tortured, or removed and was the cause […]

These purges were his method of removing those who had previously opposed him and also those he believed may oppose him in the future. These alleged criminals against the state were either imprisoned, exiled or shot and ranged from high party officials and members of the military through to ordinary citizens. The purges began in […]

Question 1 Source A portrays Stalin negatively, as it was made by one of his adversaries. The image is a satirical travel poster showing stacks of human skulls, with Stalin inviting people to “Visit the USSR’s pyramids.” The caption has dark humor and irony, as the mentioned “pyramids” are actually made up of human skulls. […]

Operation Barbarossa had many major and some more minor factors which led to the early success and eventually the ultimate failure of the invasion. The Germans initial quick invasion using their Blitzkrieg tactics and the element of surprise against the Russians allowed them to get very close to Moscow. However the most important reason for […]

With the collapse of the USSR, which marked the conclusion of the largest socio-economic experiment in recent history, Russia was poised for the most transformative changes it had ever experienced. Despite predictions of a teleological development path towards a Western-style market economy and liberal democracy throughout Russia, the reality has shown stark regional differences in […]

The start of détente in 1962 was triggered by the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here, U2 spy planes from the USA spotted nuclear missile sites and freight ships carrying nuclear missiles from the USSR to Cuba. These missiles would be in striking range to the majority of the USA. Russia pulled back just in time after […]

Did the Nationalists win the Spanish Civil War because of their strengths or the failings of the Republicans? The grounds that supports the thought that the Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War because of their strength is abundant. The integrity of the Nationalists was obvious and meant that there was both great administration and co-ordination. […]

From 1917 to 1940, Leon Trotsky, a highly influential Marxist figure, experienced a series of significant events in Russia and the Soviet Union. These events included arrests, exile sentences, and aligning with the Mensheviks. However, after Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown during the Russian Revolution, Trotsky returned to Russia in May 1917 and joined Vladimir […]

I. Text research A military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces is responsible for protecting U.S. citizens and has a specific role in national defense.They sign a contract to serve for a designated number of years before retirement becomes an option.The U.S. Armed Forces consist of five branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and […]

When communism was imposed as the incontestable political doctrine at the culmination of the Second World War, many Eastern European nations set upon a new chapter in their respective histories. During the forty odd years as part of the Soviet Union a degree of economic, political and constitutional homogeneity was brought into this region, which […]

Throughout his lifetime, Lenin made numerous significant decisions and implemented policies that had a broad influence on all Russian citizens. Although not all of these actions resulted in positive outcomes, they ultimately proved beneficial for the country as a whole. The impact of Lenin’s policies varied in terms of duration, with some having short-term effects […]

The Cold War, 1949-1963 25.1 American Commitment to Cold War: National Security Council Document 68 1.How NSC-68 influenced America’s response to Communist North Korea’s invasion of South Korea in June 1950 and to Communist expansion in Southeast Asia in the 1960s. The NSC-68 called for military assistance programs that would meet the requirements of our […]

The process of shedding the Soviet Union and starting anew as the democratic Republic of Kazakhstan is made difficult by the fact that a large percentage of Kazakhstan is not Kazakh. According to the 2009 census there are two dominant ethnical groups in Kazakhstan, they are ethnic Kazakhs (63. 1%) and ethnic Russians (23. 7%) […]

Stalin was in many ways a superb tactician; cool, rational, intelligent and utterly ruthless. However, his grasp of international relations was never the strongest of his talents. On occasions his miscalculations had disastrous implications, both for the immediate and long-term security of the Soviet Union. To begin with the problem was one of ideological rigidity. […]

Stalin’s five year plan was launched and approved by the Communist party in 1928. Visualizing a “revolution from above”, Stalin’s goal was the swift industrialization and collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union. Stalin believed that the Soviet domestic policy should stop being driven by capitalism and the New Economic Policy as soon as possible. […]

The cold war dominated international relations throughout the world for over 35 years. It showed political and military tension between the Western and Eastern powers. Some people suggest there was a thaw (improved relations) in the cold war between 1953 and 1960 while others suggest there wasn’t. One the one hand it could be said […]

The Bridge at Andau by James Michener tells the true story of the Hungarian revolution in 1956. A popular historian and novelist, Michener’s account of the Hungarian uprising awakens the reader to the shocking plight of millions who suffered the iron fist of communism and Soviet puppet leadership. The revolution was a rebellion of students […]

Evaluate the view that Operation Barbarossa was the major turning point of the European War. As the European War progressed, early German advances and gains were decreasing by the mid-years of the war as it became evident the tide was turning against the Axis powers and in favour of the Allies. Operation Barbarossa and the […]

The Berlin Blockade and Airlift began on the 23rd of June 1948 and ended on the 12th of May 1949. It was the first major conflict to occur during the Cold War between USA and the USSR. During this conflict Western Berlin who was under the control of the Western Allies was blocked off from […]

Russian nesting dolls or Matryoshka “in Russian” can be described as little dolls made out of wood that decrease in size and stack within one another. One way to think of them is by comparing them to an onion, each layer becomes smaller as it goes. All these dolls vary in size; sometimes they are […]