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Andrey Zhdanov helped launch an ideological campaign to demonstrate the superiority of socialism over capitalism in all fields. Known as the Zhdanovshchina ("era of Zhdanov"),it attacked writers, composers, economists, historians, and scientists whose work allegedly manifested Western influence.
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Post WWII Russia took over the governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia.
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Russia opens the worlds first Atomic Power Plant in Obninsk just outside of Moscow, Russia.
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Soviet Forces invaded Hungary to ensure submission to Soviet ways during their progression in the new economy and post WWII world. After a battle in which 50 per cent of Hungary’s soldiers perished the Red Army rose as the most brutal one.
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The Soviet Union announced it has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), it is capable of being fired “into any part of the world.”
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Brezhnev took over as the leader in the 60's and ended cultural reforms by clamping down on the cultural freedom in Russia. He also built up the Soviet Union's military at the cost of their economy.
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Andropov’s work in Hungary named head of the KGB, Russia’s secret police force, as well as brought him through the ranks to become president. He continued Communistic rule as well as continue wars in the Middle East to gain power.
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The eight and last leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev did not step down until the Soviet Union had been crumbled. He was neither in nor out of favor for the Union however the conflicts surrounding it and its independence led to a decline in his economy. He provided more freedoms and reforms to the Soviet people with his policies of glasnost and perestroika (openness and restructure).
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Vladimir Putin is the current political influence in Russia, he faces many issues defending Russia's national interests. He has brought the country along way since its Political, Economic, and Cultural crisis's in the early 90's.
