Soviet Union  (tagged articles)

Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet Union

Sophia Hernandez Tragesser - This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the pursuit of modernity, the Tsarist Russian and early Soviet regimes altered the nature of the peasantry... Keep Reading »

The Red Army Faction: Understanding a Measured Government Response to an Adaptive Terrorist Threat

Ari Weil - For three decades prior to 9/11, West Germany fought its own war on terror. For 28 years, it faced off against the Red Army Faction (RAF), a small yet highly adaptable terrorist organization that constantly evolved to meet the countermeasures deployed against it. The... Keep Reading »

Did Stalin Plan to Attack Hitler in 1941? The Historiographical Controversy Surrounding the Origins of the Nazi-Soviet War

Christopher J. Kshyk - The controversy surrounding the origins of the Nazi-Soviet War in 1941, namely over the issue of whether or not Stalin intended to launch an offensive against Nazi Germany that year, has produced a contentious debate between revisionist (i.e. those who believe that... Keep Reading »

Pottermania: Capitalist Eye-Candy Viewed Through a Neo-Marxist Lens

Tinatin Japaridze - “Beware: Capitalist-Consumerism poses a danger to our Socialist ideals,” the Soviet-propaganda papers such as Pravdaand Izvestyahad proclaimed since the harrowing days of the Cold War. But by the early 1990s, the evergreen motto of the USSR, “We have... Keep Reading »

Muslims in Moscow

Caitlin Toto - In the ultimate years of the Soviet Union, as the liberalizations introduced by perestroika and glasnost took full effect, the nationalistic convictions of historically discriminated territories within the Russian and Central Asian region began to replace the ideologies... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Soviet Union is tagged in the following 17 articles.

Russian History
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet Union
By Sophia Hernandez Tragesser
This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the pursuit of modernity, the Tsarist Russian and early Soviet regimes altered... Read Article »
Russia Soviet Union Peasantry Modernity Russian History
Security Studies
2017, Vol. 10 No. 2
The Red Army Faction: Understanding a Measured Government Response to an Adaptive Terrorist Threat
By Ari Weil
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
For three decades prior to 9/11, West Germany fought its own war on terror. For 28 years, it faced off against the Red Army Faction (RAF), a small yet highly adaptable terrorist organization that constantly evolved to meet the countermeasures deployed... Read Article »
Security Studies Counter Terrorism West Germany Terrorism Soviet Union
World War II
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
Did Stalin Plan to Attack Hitler in 1941? The Historiographical Controversy Surrounding the Origins of the Nazi-Soviet War
By Christopher J. Kshyk
The controversy surrounding the origins of the Nazi-Soviet War in 1941, namely over the issue of whether or not Stalin intended to launch an offensive against Nazi Germany that year, has produced a contentious debate between revisionist (i.e. those... Read Article »
World War II Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Soviet Union Eastern Front Historiography
Socialism
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Pottermania: Capitalist Eye-Candy Viewed Through a Neo-Marxist Lens
By Tinatin Japaridze
“Beware: Capitalist-Consumerism poses a danger to our Socialist ideals,” the Soviet-propaganda papers such as Pravdaand Izvestyahad proclaimed since the harrowing days of the Cold War. But by the early 1990s, the evergreen motto of the... Read Article »
Pottermania Harry Potter Neo-Marxism Socialism Soviet Union Capitalism Consumerism Marxism Disney
Ethnic Conflict
2014, Vol. 7 No. 2
Muslims in Moscow
By Caitlin Toto
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
In the ultimate years of the Soviet Union, as the liberalizations introduced by perestroika and glasnost took full effect, the nationalistic convictions of historically discriminated territories within the Russian and Central Asian region began... Read Article »
Russia Soviet Union Ethnic Russians Muslim Diaspora Ethnic Conflict Chechnya Central Asia
Soviet Union
2013, Vol. 5 No. 03
The Soviet Nationality Policy in Central Asia
By Salvatore J. Freni
The Soviet nationality policy for Central Asia in the early twentieth century was an acceleration of the processes of modernization that the Russian Empire had already begun. However, building socialism in a region where no working class existed... Read Article »
Soviet Union Communism Nationalism Nationality Ethnicity Central Asia Lenin Joseph Stalin
Ethnic Conflict
2013, Vol. 5 No. 01
Causes of Violent Conflict in the Caucasus Since the Collapse of Communism
By Salvatore J. Freni
Unfortunately, the Caucasus often conjure images of violence and war in the minds of many people. Indeed, the region has been plagued by violent conflict especially during the collapse of the Soviet Union and through the first decade of independence... Read Article »
Ethnic Conflict The Caucasus Soviet Union Communism Civil War Secession Separatism
Comparative Politics
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
From Proto-State to Para-State Accountability: Russian Political Regimes Under Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev
By Moritz A. Pieper
When on September 24th,  2011 Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin announced his bid to run for president in the presidential elections in March 2012, a supposition in Russia's political regime was confirmed that many observers suspected would... Read Article »
Russia Soviet Union Putin Yeltsin Medvedev Political Regimes Democracy Civil Society Political Elite Power
Cold War
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
Containment and the Cold War: Reexaming the Doctrine of Containment as a Grand Strategy Driving US Cold War Interventions
By Moritz A. Pieper
By retracing shifts in the meaning, usage, and perception of the doctrine of ‘Soviet containment’, this article provides a balanced account of the extent to which US Cold War interventions were in fact driven by such a Grand Strategy... Read Article »
Cold War Containment United States Soviet Union Intervention
Russia
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
Comparing the Tsarist Russian and Soviet Empires
By Magdalena Noga
Compared to other empires throughout history, the USSR was an exception. The rulers of the Soviet Union viewed empire and imperialism in ideological terms as ‘the highest and final stage of capitalism’.[1] By this Leninist definition... Read Article »
Soviet Union Tsarist Russia Russia Empire Communism Socialism Nationalism World Civilizations
World War II
2011, Vol. 3 No. 10
The Legacy of International Cooperation at the Nuremberg Trials
By Melissa S. McHugh
On November 21, 1945, Robert H. Jackson, the Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America opened the prosecution’s case against German defendants in Nuremberg, Germany. The war in Europe had ended only six months earlier, many of the... Read Article »
World War II Nuremberg War Crimes Nazis Human Rights Soviet Union Germany Great Britain United States France
Migration
2011, Vol. 4 No. 2
The Problems of Former USSR: Citizens in Russian-Latvian Relations
By Konstantin Pakhorukov
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The problem of migration is one of the most urgent ones in the modern world. As a rule, people migrate voluntarily. In the USSR, however, migration against people's free will was quite a widespread phenomenon. Thus, many Russians found themselves... Read Article »
Russia Latvia Internal Migration Migration Soviet Union
New Economic Policy
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
Lenin's New Economic Policy: Coverage of the Policy by the New York Times
By Melissa Aaronberg
When Lenin ushered in the New Economic Policy in August 1921, many Bolsheviks and their sympathizers lost faith in the Soviet government. Throughout August to September 1921, The New York Times’ Walter Duranty vacillated between recognizing... Read Article »
Lenin New Economic Policy Soviet Union The New York Times Communism USSR
Jewish History
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Birobidjan: The Story of the First Jewish State
By Michael C. Wiseman
The world's largest menorah is not in Jerusalem, Lakewood or even in Crown Heights; it can be found in the town square of  Birobidjan, the capital city of the eponymous Jewish Autonomous Oblast of the Soviet Union. The menorah is 21 meters... Read Article »
Birobidjan Zionism Judaism Israel Jewish Autonomy Soviet Union
Cold War
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
Book Review: Stephen Kotkin's Armageddon Averted
By Peter Crowley
As the world's first real Marxist experiment, the Soviet Union, by virtue of lasting seventy odd years, proved Western intelligentsia wrong. The latter had long thought it was doomed to fail. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union... Read Article »
Stephen Kotkin Armageddon Averted Soviet Union Russia Cold War Iron Curtain Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Lenin's New Economic Policy: What it was and how it Changed the Soviet Union
By Helene M. Glaza
By the time 1921 came around, Russia’s economy had been maimed by the effects of War Communism. Socialism had not begun on a good note, and Vladimir Lenin was becoming concerned with the unfortunate state of the economy. His response to the... Read Article »
Vladimir Lenin Soviet Union Economic Policy Communism Russian History USSR New Economic Policy
Stalin
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Stalin and the Drive to Industrialize the Soviet Union
By Joshua R. Keefe
The late twenties and early thirties were perhaps the most transformative period in Soviet history. It was during this period Stalin consolidated his grip on power and was allowed to rule with impunity, instituting his “revolution from above... Read Article »
Joseph Stalin Stalin USSR Communism Soviet Union Industrialization Collectivism Collectivization

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