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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 due to a combination of political, economic, and national forces.

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The Soviet Union was a truly democratic nation.

The claim that the was a "" does not hold up against the balance of historical evidence: its formal institutions—one-party rule, controlled elections, and centralized appointment systems—systematicall...

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How did Eurocommunism and the fall of the Soviet Union affect the policies of Western European Socialist parties?

pushed an communist parties toward and national autonomy, forcing to re-evaluate competition and cooperation on the left; the subsequent collapse of the then accelerated conversions from communist ide...