One of the biggest downfalls of the government was not informing the surrounding countries properly. ... A government commission has been set up" (Greenwald 39). It has been said that if the Soviet Government had acted earlier many lives would have been saved. ... Even though they knew of the danger the Communist Government refused to evacuate cities and towns; this angered many people in the Soviet Union. ... Even though the government greatly affected the incident, they are not fully to blame for the poor construction of the reactors. ...

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Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. ... Lenin's government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. ... The economic status of the Soviet Union was yet again changed and the entire system became controlled by the government. ... He begins a program called "Perestroika" which was the organizational restructuring of the Soviet economy and government apparatus. ...

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Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action,"6 and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. Few seemed to care when the government collapsed. ... "7 By introducing Perestroika (the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Gorbachev during the mid-1980s), and Glasnost (a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information)8, Gorbac...

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An example of this would be the fact that any citizen could not even buy a good pair of leather boots, a good television set or a computer made in the Soviet Union, because all the boots and the electronics were swallowed up by military usage. ... Few seemed to care when the government collapsed. ... " By introducing Perestroika (the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Gorbachev during the mid-1980s), and Glasnost (a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information), Gorbachev raised the expecta...

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The description of Communist party leadership is set forth in the constitution. ... Government Structure: National's People Congress is the legislative branch, and State Council performs as the executive branch. ... NPC has extensive power including the amendment of the constitution, passage and amendment of legislation, approval of economic plans and government work reports, and appointment of top state and government leaders. ... Party Bureaucracy: the party has its own set of bureaucratic structure, managed by the Secretariat. ... Party core groups are the mechanisms to promote party l...

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A joint Control Commission was set up to govern Berlin. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... Some members of the exile government in London to be integrated into the communist Lublin government Stalin promised to hold free elections at the end of hostilities The main issue surrounding this provisional Polish government at the Yalta Conference was its status in determining the country's political future The Soviet Union had occupied parts of Poland ever since 1944. As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they...

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For instance, if India does not adhere, the government keeps on testing; Pakistan would match test for test. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian government were to take power, an all-out war would be imminent, possibly nuclear. ... There are definite fears throughout the Russian government if the U.S. builds this ABM system. ... With the new ABM system set up, the United States could (hypothetically) shoot down a good number of the incoming ICBMs, absorb a diminished attack, and then launch again with another arsenal of nuclear missiles. ... The Russian government quickly shot t...

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While Xiaoping's way was very similar to Gorbachevs, personal freedom was obviously part of his plan but especially not his main focus,instead he set certain limits when it came to people's freedom. ... Mikhail knew that when a community is less controlled by the government they become happier with their ruling system, and that gave him the idea of keeping business controlled by the population without the government managing every type of matter. ... He believed he could come up with a government that everyone could get along with, offering the opportunity of having commercial excha...

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On one side, Stalin sought to spread his influence in Eastern Europe by setting up pro-Russian governments in these states while America, feared for their power and domination over the world and attempted to "contain" communism. ... By 1948, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Yugoslavia all had Communist governments. The setting up of pro-communistic regimes in this region appeared to the West to be a direct outlash against them, because all the allies had agreed in Potsdam to allow democratic elections of governments in East Europe. ... In Yalta, it was agreed th...

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The constitution sets up a president who is the head of the state with broad executive powers. ... The industries set up by the Soviet Union in Armenia included consumer goods, chemicals and metal refineries, and military goods. In 1993, Armenia set up its own currency called the dram. ... The Central Bank of Armenia is a separate entity from the government, but acts much like the Federal Reserve does in the United States by being the fiscal agent of the government and undertaking monetary policy to ensure the economic stability of the nation. ... Many political parties allow for a wide varie...

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In May of 1917, the reformed provisional government took control of power. The provisional government attempted to continue the war effort. ... He became the leader the party needed, and set about gaining support for his ideas from peasants and factory workers abroad. ... With this new political and military confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. ... These eighteen self-proclaimed governments were constantly challenging the Bolshevik government. ...

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Lenin had a clear direction as to what he wanted the Bolsheviks to do, and his pre-revolution strategy alone gave the Bolsheviks strength and set it in good stead. ... The weakness of the Provisional government is a particularly important factor. The name of it, the provisional government, already suggests the government being temporary in nature. The government lacked legitimacy and real power, and had no real support from the masses. ... The final straw, the Kornilov affair practically led to the Provisional government serving Russia to the Bolsheviks on a golden platter. ...

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It was the winter of 1979, Afghanistan was engulfed by a civil war because the Prime Minister, Hafizullah Amin, wanted to lead the country away from its traditional Muslim way of life and set up a more western, modernized country. ... The Mujahedeen, consisting of a variety of Muslim guerrilla fighters, declared jihad, or holy war, on the Amin government and its supporters. ... Amin started to disagree with Russia on the idea of a total communist government, and began talks with the west. ... In his place, the Soviet Union put a man named Babrak Karmal in charge of the Afghan government. His j...

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The council shall set up subsidiary bodies as may be necessary, in particular, it shall establish immediately a Defense Committee-which shall recommend measures for the implementation of Article 3 and 5. ... Any state so united may become a party to the treaty by depositing its instruments of accession with the government of the United States of America, which will inform each of the parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. ... The Instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the government of the United States of America, which will notify all ...

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Through conscious management, the government took control of the resources and workforce, therefore creating a true communistic economy. ... Instead of seeking to rebound from the Great Depression using economic nationalism, like most other global powers did, Hitler set goals of autarky and self "sufficiency," which included complete independence from international trade. ... In fact, no Russian citizen could leave the country without special government permission. ... His metaphor shows how the new German government took control of every aspect of German society, similar to Stalin's...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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It calls for a minimal government during the process, leaving almost everything to the rational agents in the economy. ... Factory owners, local cadres, governments and the state all had their shares of a state owned enterprise. ... In comparison to the sudden plummet in government expenditure in Russia, the Chinese government adopted a very Keynesian approach, reallocating resources into the construction of infrastructures which has both short and long term implications for the economy. ... Wenzhou had long been neglected by the central government before the reforms. The low importance for th...

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The causes of the Russian Revolution start with the problems, when the duma declared the provisional government it took into hands not only the country but its problems as well, because the government inherited the economic problems it put a great strain on the country's resources thus affecting its performance to run the country properly. ... The Mensheviks want a social reform but wanted it to be done in gradual way with each change being looked at by the government and then implemented democratically, but the Bolsheviks had a different idea and wanted to take control of the government ...

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As Mikhail Gorbachev entered office, he faced a unique set of political, economic, and militaristic circumstances. ... Gorbachev set out to reform the Soviet Union, yet he chose to reform it from within the system. ... Either they could continue the hard-line, socialist policies set forth by Stalin and embraced by Brezhnev and fall into a pit of worthlessness, or the Soviet Union could try and integrate itself more into the world society moving toward entente. ...

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In 1905, just like in 1917, there were widespread strikes preceding the revolution as the people manifested their discontent with their country's government. ... In 1917 the leaders of these Dumas had perhaps gained some further experience and were ready to set up an alternative government which greatly helped the revolution because it offered a system which could replace the Tsar's rule after the revolt. ... Therefore when the revolution broke out on the 7th of March 1917 the army refused to follow the Tsar's rule to crush the revolution and so the Tsar, now powerle...

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Consisting of all former Soviet Republics including Russia, this organization of sovereign states had to elect new governments to take over the dissolved ones. ... Seizing the headquarters resulted in the death of the mayor, Vitali Kutsenko, and effectively dissolved the regional soviet government in Chechnya (Souleimanov). ... This treaty stated that all of Russia's old provinces would become part of the country again in exchange for central governmental power and a higher level of regional autonomy. ... The popular separatist government under president Dudayev insisted on upholding the...

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The means of communication used during the crisis appear quite absurd when considering the high drama and imminent peril both powers found themselves in at the time, and it was these set of circumstances that bought home to the USA and the USSR the need to find a different modus vi! ... The Cuban paradox led the two superpowers to reach a number of limited agreements that would set the pace for a period of thawing' in the Cold War. ... These agreements between the two superpowers led them to set limits on the growth of their respective nuclear arsenals, thus slowing down the spiralling ...

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Joseph McCarthy burst onto the scene at the forefront of this fiasco, claiming that the United States government was replete with communist spies or sympathizers. ... The Senator continued on his crusade to rid the government of all who had "anti-American" views. ... As the American government advanced further into a phase of turmoil, economic effects began rendering themselves within the nation. ... This set aside $400 million of the nation's money to aiding Greece and Turkey, and any other nation that was facing Communist pressures. ... Apart from government spending, the Red Scare ...

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Never before and never since has the avant-garde been so allied with a reigning government. ... Their culture would now officially be based upon and secured by implications of the newly formed government. ... The relationship between the government and the artist can be seen through Lenin's Plan for Monumental Propaganda. ... The Soviet ideology was thus set in place and implemented through the Russian avant-garde. ... IZO was Responsible for organizing the country's artistic ideology under the new Soviet Government. ...

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