With the reform of all structures, Yeltsin attempted to transform a centrally planned economy to a capitalist order. ... Along with the liberalization of prices parallel to privatization, this action caused hyperinflation, increasing the money supply by 30%.5 Due to large foreign currency deposits, the depreciation of the ruble increased through the years. ...
With that being said, I intend to devote the first two parts of my essay to applying a Marxist reading to this passage using the theories of Michele Foucault and of Louis Althusser; while in the last part, I will attempt to draw a parallel between the actual sociopolitical situation in the farm and that in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution and under the rule of Joseph Stalin. ... This is due, mainly, to the inherent characteristics of invisibility and ramification of ideology that makes of it a more potent means to integrate subjects into political and social power structures t...
One of these countries was Russia where some people disagreed with their government structure, so a group of people enrolled in the communist party creating the Soviet Union. ... Eventually, in 1950, Korea had to divide up into two countries, by the 38th parallel. ...
Mongolia was an economic colony of the Soviet Union until early in the 20th century. Consequently between 1921 and 1990 it had an economic system which reflected the Soviet's control : it had a centralized, socialist political system and an economy based on central planning and collectivization....
