After the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1992 Russia inherited a failing economy. ... A Shock theory attempt was launched in 1992, with the key aims of: Stabilization, liberalization, and privatisation. ... This has made reform a hefty struggle to rebuild the economy and it is predicted that even after Russia gets back on track it will still have lost so much, such as lives lost through the poor standards of living, for example, in 1992 on quarter of the population were at levels below the poverty line, which is living on less than $16 month and the dramatic drop in life expectancy. ... ...

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This treaty was presented to all 88 federal subjects on March 31st, 1992. 87 of the 88 agreed with the terms and signed, but Chechnya did not. ... It also led to the start of severe tensions between Chechnya's mainly Islam population and Christian Russians. ... Greed proposes that parts of a population are motivated to seek conflict against its governing force in order to better their situation. ...

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It is a small country with an area of 20,251 square kilometers and with population of less than 2 million. As Niigata prefecture where I live has an area of 12,500 square meters and population of 2 million and a half, Slovenia is smaller than our prefecture in terms of population. ...

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Belarus Belarus during its transition from a socialist economy to a market economy took a path different when compared to the route many other former Soviet bloc countries took. There were many factors of reform Belarus took that affected the turnout and where the country stands today. These fa...

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Limited participation in direct hostilities (during the war years the number of American troops did not exceed one million, and the population at that time was approximately 110 million people), and also the most active and significant maintenance of industrial and financial basis of the fight against fascism contributed to the extraordinary growth of economic power of America. ...

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The Fall of Communism in Russia The Reasons for the fall of Socialism/Communism and the Troubles of Starting the New Democratic System in the Russian Federation "Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky." Boris Yeltsin (b. 1931), Russian politician, president. Remark during a visit to the U.S. Quoted in: Independent (London, 13 Sept. 1989). ...

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