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    The document summarizes key events in the history of the Soviet Union from its creation to its collapse. It describes the establishment of the Politburo in 1917 and the Russian Civil War between the Red Army and White Army. It then discusses Stalin's five-year plans, World War 2, the development of nuclear weapons like the RDS-1 bomb and hydrogen bomb, and Soviet involvement in international agreements and conflicts. Finally, it analyzes factors that may have contributed to the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including economic mismanagement, war casualties, and disasters like Chernobyl.

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    The document summarizes key events in the history of the Soviet Union from its creation to its collapse. It describes the establishment of the Politburo in 1917 and the Russian Civil War between the Red Army and White Army. It then discusses Stalin's five-year plans, World War 2, the development of nuclear weapons like the RDS-1 bomb and hydrogen bomb, and Soviet involvement in international agreements and conflicts. Finally, it analyzes factors that may have contributed to the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including economic mismanagement, war casualties, and disasters like Chernobyl.

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    Collapse of the U.S.S.

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    Adam McKinlay

    Creation of the Politburo


    It was created by the Bolshevik Party on late October in 1917.
    Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Josef Stalin was three of the seven
    members of the Politburo.
    Politburo party seen as the vanguard of the people and the
    members of the party informally lead the state and the highest body
    of the central government at that time.

    Russian Civil War

    The Russian Civil War wasnt good for Russia they had a lot of
    problems and with the Russian Civil War going on they created more
    problems and a lot more deaths.
    The Russian Civil War was a fight between the Red army- Bolsheviks
    and White army- anti- Bolshevik forces. This war broke out because
    many people were upset with the Bolsheviks and also Lenin closed
    the assembly.

    Stalins Five year plans


    - The Five year plan was to centralize the economy and was a series of
    things that really was to help the economy nation-wide.
    - In some ways it did really help Russia and the economy but it also did
    hurt the citizens because some of the changes and conditions made
    them without food and many other things like shelter and electricity which
    really didnt workout well in some cases.

    World War 2
    People thought that Russia entering the terrifying and horrifying war
    which was called War World 2 was not a very good idea for Russia
    and that it would hurt them.
    In the Eastern front Germany attacked Russia but it was Russia that
    came out on top

    Joe 1
    - This was a nickname that the US used in reference of Joseph Stalin as a
    code name for a nuclear weapon called RDS- 1 and this was a very
    dangerous weapon and was the first nuclear weapon that Soviet Union
    created.
    - This was good for the Soviet Union and meant to help them because
    they could use this in wars and other countries would see them as a
    threat with such a powerful weapon.

    Hydrogen Bomb
    This was developed and was able to help the Soviet Union and always
    use this to their advantage because at the time it was the biggest
    nuclear weapon in the world and they were one of five nations to be
    able produce one of these weapons in time.
    This was a nuclear weapon that could be very dangerous and was
    used throughout the Cold War with an atomic center.

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty that was used
    between eight Communist states.
    This was meant to help Russia and was also seen as the Treaty
    organization of Friendship.

    Sputnik
    Sputnik was the first artificial Earth Satellite to enter into space and
    Sputnik was made by the Soviet Union. It was 23 inches in diameter
    and was a polished metal sphere with four external radio antennas to
    broadcast into Earth.
    This helped Russia and it helped them because it triggered the Space
    Race which it was between the US and the USSR and it was because
    they were the two best Space stations in the world.

    Laika and Sputnik 3


    This was first called Sputnik 2 then as the mission continued it was
    eventually called Sputnik 3. This was an amazing accomplishment for
    the USSR because they were able to create the mission of one of the
    first animals to go into space and the first animal to orbit the Earth
    This obviously was able to help Russia moving forward not only as a
    country but also in the Space Race.

    Creation of the Berlin Wall


    - This was a wall that was made in 1961 through the year of 1989.
    Constructed by the German Democratic Republic.
    - This is not very good for Russia because this is suppose to prevent
    Russia from getting in and other countries from West Berlin, East
    Germany, and East Berlin until it was opened again in 1989.

    1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia


    In 1968 the Soviet Union sent in the Warsaw Pact troops into
    Czechoslovakia to stop the reformist and they did just that but they also
    had other unintended actions as well.
    - This ended up being very bad for the soviet Union because they had
    many short-term and long-term consequences with the US and also
    other countries. Because they invaded Czechoslovakia this made any
    progress with the US to be put on hold.
    -

    SALT 1
    - SALT stood for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. They were bilateral talks
    that involved the two powerhouses of the Cold War which was the US
    and the USSR on the issue armament control.
    - This was able to help both countries help their understandings and help
    talk about many important things.

    SALT 2
    - This was the second act of SALT 1 and it talked about what the US and
    Soviet Union should do with nuclear weapons.
    - This helped both countries because this made the Soviet Union not fire
    any of their nuclear weapons at the US which was obviously good for the
    US. Also if the Soviet Union did fire any kind of nuclear weapon at the
    US it could have cost them in the long run and maybe there could have
    been a war.

    Soviet-Afghan War
    - This war lasted about nine years between the Soviet Union and
    Afghanistan. There were many allies and there were billions of dollars
    given to the war from the US, United Kingdom and many others. There
    were national insurgent groups called Mujahideen who are Muslims and
    they had two allies which were Peshawar seven and the Tehran eight.
    The Peshawar seven got military training from Pakistan and China.
    - The war hurt the Soviet because it was known as the Mujahideen won
    the war with the help of the US and it cost the Soviet Union lots of
    money.

    Gorbachev becomes leader


    - When Gorbachev became leader this was not very good because
    Gorbachev was a very bad leader. Even though he was in a tough spot
    in time he still didnt do a great job of getting them out of the situations
    they were in. This was not a very good time in the USSR.

    Chernobyl Disaster
    - This was a catastrophic nuclear accident of the date of April 26th 1986.
    An explosion released so much radioactive gas and particles in the
    western USSR and also in Europe.
    - This was not good for the USSR at this time because it cost so much
    money over time and was considered to be the worst nuclear accident in
    history in conditions of cost and also they predicted that there was 4,000
    deaths of cancer later on because of the accident.

    Perestroika
    - The literal term of Perestroika is reconstructing referring to the
    economy of the Soviet Union and it changed the ways of the Soviet
    Union such as more more independent actions.
    - This was a good thing for the USSR because they definitely needed
    some rebuilding and this was able to give them a boost to do it.

    Glasnost
    - Glasnost was a policy where it was meant to make openness for the
    government and make them become more transparency in government
    institutions and activities going on in the Soviet Union.
    - This was also like a boost and to make better for the government and
    also the citizens of the USSR and being in the process of rebuilding.

    Voting Reforms of Gorbachev


    - Gorbachev ask for reforms that will benefit the Soviet Union and their
    droughts economically.
    - These did help the USSR and their rebuilding process moving forward.

    Free Elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary


    - In all three of these countries communism was in these nations and they
    were a big part of these nations and they were now free and there were
    several different things that happened leading up to this like illegal
    protest and others.

    Lithuania and Latvia Protests


    - Two million people joined their hands together across the Baltic States to
    form a human chain for formal independence of the Baltic.
    - This wasnt necessarily a great thing for the Soviet Union because they
    are basically going against and protesting against the Soviet Union.

    Fall of the Berlin Wall


    - This was a very good thing because people all over Berlin was now able
    to have the same freedom that only West Germany had before now East
    Germany can enjoy that freedom as well.
    - The wall that separated East and West Germany was now broken so
    they were able to have freedom throughout all Germany.

    Boris Yeltsin becomes President


    - Boris Yeltsin was a very good President and was reelected in 1996 after
    being elected in 1991 he was a good fit for the Soviet Union.
    - He changed the economy from a socialist command economy to a
    market economy and was able to give a good amount of money to a
    group called the Oligarchs.

    Gorbachev steps down


    - The reason why Gorbachev stepped down was because he thought that
    the citizens were ceasing to be citizens which could be of been a big
    problem.
    - This wasnt the best thing for the Soviet Union even though not everyone
    loved the guy it still isnt good when your president has to resign and
    someone else has to take his place immediately.

    Final Slide
    - I believe that one of the reasons that the Soviet Union Collapsed is
    because there was a lot of bad planning and bad strategies that just
    werent working well . It didnt help that the death of Stalin came at a bad
    time in the Soviet Union history. I also believe that WW2 was a big deal
    and cost a lot of money and time and also it cost them a lot of people
    that they didnt need to lose. Another big event that brought them down
    was the Chernobyl Disaster and also the Soviet- Afghan war. I think it
    could've survived if all of these events didnt happen and was avoided in
    any possible way.

    Citations Page
    "Five-year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet
    Union." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Oct. 2014. Web. 12
    Nov. 2014.
    Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2014.
    The Editors of Encyclopdia Britannica. "Politburo (Soviet Political
    Body)."Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.
    Web. 12 Nov. 2014.

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