the Soviet Union had a large portion of the earth in communism and formed a strong and weak alliance with china, and seized communism in Cuba near the U.S. and had a strong military and had many nukes as a threat to the world and was feared.
When the Soviet Union fell in 1991 and communism was defeated, Boris Yeltsin attempted to adopt capitalism and westernization (democracy) but the transition has not been successful because communism is still threaded throughout the country.
yes.
That is the former Soviet Union with 62 weightlifting medals ... 39 gold, 21 silver, 2 bronze.
No, China is not part of the Soviet Union and never has been. In fact, as of December 8, 1991, no country is "part of the Soviet Unon" because the Soviet Union was dissolved and no longer exists.
No, they are completely different in many ways. The Soviet Union no longer even exists. Some countries that were in it are now members of the European Union, but that is about the only connection.
Kazakhstan
When the Soviet Union fell in 1991 and communism was defeated, Boris Yeltsin attempted to adopt capitalism and westernization (democracy) but the transition has not been successful because communism is still threaded throughout the country.
yes.
That is the former Soviet Union with 62 weightlifting medals ... 39 gold, 21 silver, 2 bronze.
No, China is not part of the Soviet Union and never has been. In fact, as of December 8, 1991, no country is "part of the Soviet Unon" because the Soviet Union was dissolved and no longer exists.
No, they are completely different in many ways. The Soviet Union no longer even exists. Some countries that were in it are now members of the European Union, but that is about the only connection.
Kyrgyzstan was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, a.k.a. the Soviet Union), but it has been independent since 1991.
Stalin was a famous political leader who was from the country of Georgia. However, he became the leader of the Soviet Union.
countries: Latvia
No.
The Cultural Revolution caused China and the Soviet Union to end their allegiance
The "Soviet Union" did not just change its name to Russia. The Soviet Union had been a union of several different republics. It had first been formed by the union of four republics, Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus Federation. Others were later added. In 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 separate countries, one of them being Russia. Russia then took back its old name.