Puse, Mark Diego C. Pol Eco Current World Issues T-Th

Puse, Mark Diego C. Pol Eco Current World Issues T-Th 6:30-8:00 201314530 Prof. Edwin Padrilanan The effects of the fall of the USSR. Objectives: to tackle and discuss the different effects and implications of the fall of USSR I. Introduction To better understand the implications and effects of the downfall of the USSR, we must first take a look on how the state was formed along with its ideologies and principles as a governing body, and what caused its downfall and demise as a state. Once established, we can hypothesize the legacy left by the USSR be it good or bad. A. A history on the USSR on how it came to be. The History of the Soviet Union begins with the end of the Tsardom of Russia, for hundreds of years†¦show more content†¦Under Lenin, the country nationalized the country’s industry particularly manufacturing and banking, and distributed lands among his people, those who oppose his ideology and rule were either executed or sent to concentration camps in a campaign known as the Red Terror. In 1924, 2 years after the formation of the Union, Vladimir Lenin died. Although the founder of the Union died just two years after the formation of the Union, his legacy lived on, his cult of personality was used throughout the history of the USSR to promote the political ideology known as Marxist-Leninism. After Lenin’s death, another revolutionary Bolshevik, Joseph Stalin gained power despite the serious opposition of Lenin in his final years, this information was kept from the public, and Stalin ultimately became a dictator in the Soviet Union, he focused on the rapid expansion of the industrial power of the Union, making it one of the major economic power during the time, although Stalin’s plan was successful in its first 5 years as the Leader, his success would come with a severe cost, millions were unjustly imprisoned in Labor camps known as Gulags, the crisis of Famine was spreading throughout the Union killing millions, during the 1930’s Stalin implemented a campaign known as the Great Purge to execute or exile anyone who is a potential threat to the ideology of communism this include