... I care at such a young age. I accepted and quickly adapted to my new environment. School was a big outlet to learning a new language, making friends and experiencing life in general. As my time progressed in the states, my life in Russia became more elusive, like a distant memory that never happened. It wasn't until later that I noticed simple cultural differences between me and my ... peers. My friends were astounded when I encountered my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich or the fact that I never seen The Wizard of Oz until just recently. I also remember walking into a liquor stor...

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... called the Cuban Missile Crisis. For six days, nuclear war seemed possible. Then the Soviet Union removed the missiles. In the end, it is very clear how one event in time can easily tie into the next, and someday be the history that is studied. Our world wouldn't be the same if Hitler hadn't decided to try and take over Europe ... ...

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... wanted to be called the, "father of Russia." The names of his rivals were then removed from official histories of the revolution. Propaganda was very influential at the time. Posters were everywhere with happy and proud workers on them. They were designed to make people believe that was truth. When infact, people were unhappy, they were poor, starving, angry ... ...

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The national security policy of the United States has been long debated on whether it was more motivated by realism or liberalism tendencies in preceding times. There are various theories that contribute to the internal and external characteristics of the US and how they have implemented their polic...

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For fourteen days in October, 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. At that time, United States President John F. Kennedy was informed of the presence of a nuclear missile site in Cuba. The United States knew that nuclear missiles were going to be transported to Cuba ... ...

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... May and June of 1941, Hitler issued first order to murder specified groups such as Jewish men, who served Soviet Union, armed forces or communist party. It was the first time he ordered to kill Jews; it was not his first order to murder national enemies, though. After the invasion on 22 June 1941, Einsatzgruppen began to exterminate Jewish men of ... ...

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... electric fences, watchtowers, and automatic guns and a less-fortified wall encircled West Berlin completely, keeping all East Germans out of West Berlin" (Sara Ann McGill par 4). However at that time, no one believed it would take a total of 28 years to tear it down. This Wall separated families, friends and overall the whole population of the same city. Many people ... ...

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... that Germany would loos in the coming battles of World War II it was also said to have been the most violent and bloody of all battles fought in this time. German marched into the town of Stalingrad with roughly about 280 000 many and almost double the equipment size of Russia. After the bloody war was over Germany had surrendered ... ...

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... dawn to dust and only gave them the same amount of food or less then Farmer Jones gave them. This made them starve and become weak while during Farmer Jones' time, the animals did not have to work to build a windmill or had to gather the harvest. All the animals had to do under Farmer Jones is produce milk, eggs and ... ...

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... . During the Cold War, Americans were terrified of the Soviet Union and left with no knowledge of whether or not the Soviets would attack the US. At any moment in time the Soviets could have dropped nuclear bombs on the US and the US would desolate in seconds. In order to prepare for any type of disaster, the US set up ... ...

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... his poor judgement of the Bolsheviks and their potential.  Firstly, as Alexander Kerensky became Russia's leader, he decided to uphold Russia's war efforts in World War 1, a patriotic decision made at a time where morale and patriotism were lacking. After the poor military defeats in the battles of Tannenburg in 1914, where 70,000 lost their lives and 100,000 were taken prisoner ... ...

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... ;it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action," and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. Few seemed to care when the government collapsed. "People did not care about politics, they wanted food." By introducing Perestroika (the policy ... ...

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... ;it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the government had no way to take remedial action,"6 and by the time of Gorbachev, it was too late. Few seemed to care when the government collapsed. "People did not care about politics, they wanted food."7 By introducing Perestroika (the policy ... ...

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... what had seemed to be a war torn Europe; when unified with the U.S was a force not to be tangled with. It was similar to that of a League of Nations, but this time it's members would not be hesitant to get involved as the threat from Russia was imminent. This successfully contained soviets within their own borders and protected Western Europe. Some historians ... ...

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... such as the navy, machine guns, railway system, etc. The Military conflict that gave a steady pathway for the making of modern Russia was the civil war. Happening at the same time as the great world war 1914-1918, Russia however pulled out of the war, due to its unpopularity amongst the public. It left them feeling weak and defeated again. Furthermore ... ...

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... which called for increased military spending to combat communism; "This excessive strength, coupled now with an atomic capability, provides the Soviet Union with great coercive power for use in time of peace in furtherance of its objectives and serves as a deterrent to the victims of its aggression from taking any action in opposition to its tactics which would risk war ... ...

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... Iran. The Eisenhower government saw the Iranian government as too heavily influenced by the Soviets, and acknowledged the spread of communism even more possible in the near future. During this time, communism was the greatest known threat to America, and this definitely helped motivated American participation in this coup. Because of that, the CIA decided to help the MI6 in the ... ...

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... by Calligeris" (Execution, 1). Calligeris was the CIA codename for Carlos Castillo Armas, who staged the coup of Guatemala. He was greatly opposed to Arbenz's (the Guatemalan president at the time) perceived communism. These 132 Communist Guatemalans were killed because of "Calligeris'" opposition to communism. Castillo Armas hated communism and decided to kill off all these Communist Personnel because ... ...

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... Union had started to appear, and disorganization within the command economy. When the downfall began is questioned, but is normally placed either in the 1960's or early 1970's. At that time the government had specific planners that created 5-year plans for the economy and its different sectors. The complicated demands of the modern economy and inflexible administration put a lot of pressure ... ...

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... -in-Chief of the Red Army and 7 leading generals were shot. In 193839, all the admirals and half the Armys officers were executed or imprisoned. In the same period of time thousands of religious leaders were imprisoned while churches were closed (russiapedia.com). While Stalin was in power, citizen life was being harshly affected. Life was very hard for industrial workers ... ...

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... many more good points than bad. He kept the majority of his population happy, and crushed any opposition instantly. He solved the two biggest problems in Russian society at the time: war and land. I strongly believe that if he hadn't died so early, he would have made an extremely successful ruler of Russia....

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... world is a free world the USA would use their economic and military strength. For ages it was argued that Communism only gained support because of the economic conditions at that time was bad. Truman was scared that people who were desperate n Europe would turn to communism. While General George Marshall was in Europe in 1947, he saw that many countries were ... ...

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... his hand – particularly the Whites, an Anti-Bolshevik group who despise Communist principles. The vast majority of political parties still remain hostile to the Bolsheviks and believe me, with time and planning, we can an initiate a third revolution and reestablish democracy in Russia. We certainly don't want Lenin's ideals from spreading to our country, so whatever action we take will ... ...

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... the postwar peace." This short passage on page 5 in the "America, Russia, and The Cold War, 1945-1966" book shows a Soviet Union unwilling to cooperate past war time causing tensions between the so called "ideologies of the West" and the USSR's Marxist-communist views. After having defeating the Nazis with the help of the United States ... ...

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... as a "middle power" in the cold war shaped our relationship in the global community. Unlike the United States and the Soviet Union, we were not a superpower. At this time, the world was referred to as a "bipolar world" because of the two superpowers. Being a middle power didn't mean we were a country with no power at all. In fact ... ...

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