The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. ... Yet after the war national unity was strengthened as well is the Soviet military machine. ... Krushchev's denouncing of Stalin's policies was criticized and slowly some of Stalin's political disciplinary policies were restored. ... This called for major long term change of the political system. ... cretary, suspended party activities, and placed reformers in charge of the military and KGB. ...

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The decision to launch the Plans in 1928 was based on a combination of economic and political factors and a fear of foreign invasion. ... The USSR, though politically demoralised, was one of the world's great industrial powers ". ... Alongside this the Communist Party and political opponents, such as Kirov, were a minor driving force. ... Paragraph Three - Social Between 1928 and 1941 Soviet society underwent major social reform under Stalin's leadership that ultimately resulted in a combination of cohesion and division. ... A huge propaganda machine pushed the cult of Stalin into ev...

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There were many problems; both political and economic, facing the Soviet Union in 1928 and the decision to launch the five-year plans must have been influenced in part by these. ... However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ...

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