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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union during the Cold War
The history of the Soviet Union very interesting since major revolutions and downfalls happened. Be as it may, responding to this question needs the adoption of the Marxian theory is. Undeniably, the original Marxism theory was adopted during the Soviet Union. Many researchers have had different opinions about the approach, especially on its implementation in the economy. The rise of the Soviet Union was witnessed after the Second World War. The union became so powerful, and as such, it was regarded as the world’s most nuclear superior power.
Similarly, the union had an impressive economic history, which has since been seen and adopted by developing countries worldwide. Additionally, the soviet remained committed to embracing communism, which historians stipulate that the entire globe was directly affected after its enormous spread. The Soviet Union rose, and its impacts amounted to a lot of pressure on their counterparts. The core interests and values such as the maintenance of the working class and leadership system, without forgetting to mention the communism survived for much longer. When Joseph Stalin took over the leadership following the demise of Lenin, he significantly brought positive economic changes, including that of embracing command in the economy, and this saw the Soviet rise in terms of industrialization.
Equally, every union, at some point, collapses. The Soviet Union did, therefore, not escape the quote. The falling of the Soviet Union was one of the significant losses that history ever recorded. The aftermath was furious and devastating, precisely because it led to the falling of Socialism. Many reasons could have led to the breakup of the soviet, which ranged from political, social, and economic differences. However, communism was the major one, believed to be founded by Lenin.
Moreover, blames for its failure was directed to Socialism for the USSR’s collapse (Khan, 86). To be specific, the Socialism approach by Marx should be condemned. The Soviets adopted the policy introduced by Lenin, which led to the disintegration of Socialism, which had spread in most countries.
According to (Hudelson 185), the split of the soviet movement transpired because three blocks emerged. The first group supported the war, the second group advocated for the end of the war, and the third group wanted the war to be revolutionary. Therefore the existence of these three different groups led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Khan, Sajjad Ali. “The fall of the Soviet Union: The fall of a state or the fall of an Ideology.” Journal of Political Studies 15 (2009): 81.
Hudelson, Richard. “Has history refuted marxism?.” Philosophy of the social sciences 23.2 (1993): 180-198.