The Disintegration of the Soviet Union

《The Disintegration of the Soviet Union》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、TheDisintegrationoftheSovietUnion1991,theSovietUnionwasinturmoilastheBalticrepublicsbegantosecede.AreferendumresultedinthevastmajorityofparticipatingcitizensvotinginfavorofpreservingtheUnionasarenewedfederation.InAugust1991,acoupd'étatattemptbyhardlinersagainstGorbachevandaimedatpreservin

2、gthecountry,insteadledtoitscollapse.On25December1991,theUSSRwasdissolvedinto15post-Sovietstates.TheRussianFederation,successoroftheRussianSFSR,assumedtheSovietUnion'srightsandobligationsandisrecognizedasitscontinuedlegalpersonality.Asweallknow,20thcenturyisthemostimportantperiodtimeforthe

3、developmentofhuman’sperceptionandsocializationformanygreatmattersoccurredduringthisperiodoftime,e.g.theWorldWarII,theexplosionofatomicbomb.Andthat’sforsurethatthefalloftheSovietUnionisthemostsignificanteventinthehistoryofhumankind.Itisoftenseenasthefallofoneofthemostdominantdoctrinesofits

4、timethatissocialism.ThereisnodoubtthatthedisintegrationoftheSovietUnionhadhadseriousrepercussionsfortheongoingsocialistmovementintherestoftheworldandultimately,putthesocialismdoctrineonitslastleg.Allthishasresultedinacommonperceptionthatposedsoonafterthedisintegrationwhencountriesbegantoe

5、xplorethereasonofthedisintegrationoftheUSSRthatthereissomethingterriblywrongwithsocialism.Furthertothis,itisalsogenerallybelievedthatsocialismitselfhasservedasthemajorcauseofthedisintegrationoftheSovietUnion.While,isthattrue?Afteralongtimeofsearchingdidbymanycountries,thereisagreatdealofe

6、videncetosupportthenotionthattheSovietCommunismshouldbeconceivedastherealcauseofthedisintegration.WecanseeitfromthedevelopmentstrategyoftheSovietUnion’ssocietyandeconomy.Besides,thedisintegrationoftheUSSRdesignatedtheendofColdWar,whichprobablysavestheworldformtheWorldWarIII,sinceafterthed

7、isintegrationthepatternoftheworldhaschangedfrompolarizationtomulti-polarizationandtherelationshipbetweencountrieshasbeenrelieved.Alsothestepoftheworld’sadvancementischanged.ItistheSovietUnionthatisthefirstsocialistcountryintheworld,hesurvivesfromforeignarmedinterven