Disintegration of the Soviet Union — Flashcards

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Cold War means a state of protracted and extreme tension between countries of rival alliances that stops short of all-out war. It involved political, economic, cultural, ideological, and military riva…

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American diplomat Bernard Baruch coined the term Cold War, and journalist Walter Lippmann propagated it in his papers.

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After the establishment of a communist state in China in October 1949, the Cold War theatre extended to North and South-East Asia. The conflict was no longer limited to Europe.

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After 1953, relations between the two superpowers improved and trends of negotiation and cooperation began to grow. This movement away from bipolar tension toward a more mixed world order was called d…

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Both the Cold War and détente ended with the disintegration of the USSR in 1991.

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Stalin converted the dictatorship of the proletariat into a personal dictatorship. He established a command economy and used strict censorship, often called an iron curtain in reference to closed cont…

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Vladimir Lenin established a socialist state in Russia in November 1917. This became the starting point of the Soviet political system.

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Stalin died in March 1953. After his death, new leadership emerged and the political system began to change slowly.