... independence. The Soviets also hold vivid memories of the two times Germany rose to the status of a world power. Both times the Germans invaded and pushed deep into Russian territory, the last thing the Soviets wanted was a unified German. However, the Soviet economy weak and collapsing was unable to retain its occupation and relinquished control in 1989. The merger between East and West ... Germany, in 1990, has not been easy, to say the least. Germany faces three major problems concerning unification. The first of these dilemmas is unemployment. Only 56% of East Germany's 16 million po...

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... powers issued a new currency to end inflation and the black market. Russia issued a new currency, which caused trouble in Berlin. Russia imposed a blockade of western Berlin, which lasted eleven months. The Soviet-Union put up barriers blocking trade and tension grew on both sides. It was a conflict later ... The wall sealed all escape routes and forced fleeing East Germans to stay and deal with their own government. This was the only existence in history of the world that a wall was erected to keep an entire people confined to one place, rather than to keep someone out. The wall ... mo...

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