The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. ... After the death of Stalin in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist party. ... March 1985 marks a turning point in the Communist rule of Russia. ... He immediately resigned as Communist party general se! ... Under the Communist Regime there were immense social problems. ...

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Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. ... The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. ... Stalin's socialism in one country' had mixed support with some communists siding with it and other preferring the idea of spreading the revolution as promoted by Trotsky. ... Under the N.E.P industrial production was very disappointing to many communists. ... The five-year plans presented an opportunity to Stalin to glorify him at the foundations of the communist party. ...

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Although they represent heroic communist figures, Gleb and Dasha Chumalov, are not simply mouthpieces of the communist ideology; they are realistic and represent the truthful inner conflict a typical Soviet citizen was experiencing at the time. ... While this description alone represents a strictly idealized communist, Gladkov goes further to describe the pain Gleb experiences as well upon his arrival, particularly when he becomes nostalgic about his previous relationship with his wife, Dasha. ... Alongside the image of a strong, communist worker is that of a typical husband desiring the comfo...

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Introduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. ... The penetration of the Communist regime into every facet of life left the Russian people with little democratic traditions. ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops to forcibly install Communist governments in Eastern Europe and further his country's interests around the world. ... This was a turning point in Stalin's relationship with the rest of the Communist Party. ...

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When the Russian government took control of the USSR in 1991, communist party members lost all legal status. All belongings were turned over to Russia, even communist newspapers. ... In the beginning, standards of living were lowered beyond what they ere during communistic control (Russia: IMF, 1996). ... They should have realized that society no longer had any faith in it, and that it was only a remembrance of communistic times. ... Since taxes were unknown in their communist days, most citizens don't want to pay them. ...

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GARDE The avant-garde way of life prospered in Russia directly following the Revolution of 1917, generating one of the most awe-inspiring art movements of the twentieth century. Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avan...

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Based on an analysis of democratic transition in three former communist countries, he distinguishes five necessary conditions to make a successful transition possible. Because of its communist background, the theory of McFaul could offer a possible explanation why Russia did not change into a proper democracy so far. ...

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Today, many people are informed about nationalism. It becomes an actual political topic for debates nowadays. But, few people got down to the core of nationalism, how it aroused and developed. Some scholars think that nationalism emerged when the first people appeared in the World. The others believe that Nationalism is a form of extreme patriotism and suggest some ways how to avoid it or consider it as a form of Zionism. ...

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Membership in a religious organization and membership in the Communist Party did not go together. ... In the recent years, glasnost, which means openness, and especially the breakup of the USSR have provided for far more religious freedom than under the Communist rule, and since then, many people in Russia have been attracted to various religious faiths. ...

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Culture Russian culture is different than other countries. Russians seem to have more of a pessimistic view in comparison to Americans. The people tend to expect things to go wrong and have learned to deal with misfortune. The religion has been Russian-Orthodox for almost 1000 years. The country is ...

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A bogy of the Cold War revival or its complete comeback is commonly a matter of a public discourse, triggering many different experts to take part in this issue. Is it really possible that the status quo from 80s and the revival of the Cold War is a fact? Or maybe the political reality, nowadays, ha...

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From 1948 onwards, a more or less clear-cut line divided Europe into two main political and military blocs: the communist bloc and the free world of Western Europe, resulting in an almost perfect bipolarity. ...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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