Much like his future comrade Mao Tse-tung, he attempted to modernize and industrialize, what was now called the Soviet Union, with a series of 5-year plans (3). Unfortunately, like Mao's "Great Leap Foreword-, Stalin's 5-years plans met with little, if any success and caused great hardship for his people. ... In April 1960, Beijing publicly attacked the Soviet leadership as being "revisionist, ". ... Both Soviet and Chinese soldiers in the region were notorious for taunting each other across the river. ...

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However, it branches all across the world. ... To put into perspective this finite amount of spending: "The total cost of operations for the United Nations, including its agencies and other activities, came to nearly $5 billion in 1982. ...

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