... has proved very difficult to achieve these objectives during the last ten years (Harris). The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than just a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created a situation that was unique for the successor states of the Soviet Union. The penetration ... , as well as the Soviet Army. The Soviet Union became a superpower, with the United States being the only country in contention for this title. After Stalin's death in 1953, Khrushchev became First ...

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