Essays and Research Papers on Modern Russia / Former USSR

6 pages in length. The writer discusses Russia's monarchy under Mongol suppression, as well as how socialism ultimately overtook any chance for freedom. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This paper examines the legacies, both good and bad, left by Josef Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union between 1920 and his death in 1953. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the 1925 classic movie “Battleship Potemkin” and the fact that it is actually portraying events taking place at the time the movie was made rather than the historical incident of 1905 that it supposedly presents. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the first four chapters of Remnick's book "Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia," discussing his arguments. No additional sources cited.

6 pages in length. The writer discusses various events that established Russia as the nation she was in 1900. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A five page paper which looks at Trotsky's life, his involvement with the Bolshevik party and communism, and his historical importance on an international level. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how Karl Marx's ideas, when put into practice, have not been incredibly successful. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This paper examines the negative impact that the Truman Doctrine, which advocated containment of comunism through military might, had on U.S. and Soviet Union relations. The paper discusses major events during the latter part of the 20th century that represented aggression between the two superpowers in supporting this topic. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

6 pages. George Orwell's well-known classic Animal Farm is known to many to be an obvious satire of the Russian Revolution. This paper compares the book to that event to examine how Orwell created a fable about animals to get his political views aired. This is an excellent comparison paper on Animal ...

7 pages. This is a thorough and detailed look at Russia's economy as well as their future economic outlook. This paper explains the internal economic factors such as Russia's economic growth, their inflation and fiscal situation. The external economic factors are discussed including the exports, trade balance, reserves and foreign debt. ...

A 5 page discussion of the ideological separation which exists between the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R. The author contends that this separation can be traced to World War II and the subsequent Cold War. Examples from Afghanistan and Vietnam are employed to illustrate these separations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This paper examines the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the National Security Act, and determines the impact of these on communism in the U.S.S.R. and relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

5 1/2 pages in length. Reviews the book "Breaking With Moscow" by Arkady Shevchenko. Discusses the international relations in regard to Shevchenko's defect to the United States. At age forty-seven Arkady Shevchenko was a twenty-two year veteran of the Soviet Foreign Service. From late 1970 until 1973, as an adviser to ...

A 6 page paper which examines whether or not Stalin was powerless to change his position and his role due to the political legacy of Lenin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the Russian Revolution and the conditions preceding it that caused the people to embrace Marxism. Details about Marxism and the revolution itself are included. The paper takes an analytic look at the facts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

10 pages in length. One can be more than somewhat certain that as the world continues to spin and humanity continues to clash, there will always be global confrontation in one form or another. The Cold War represented such a time that many believed the end of the world had arrived; had it ...

5 pages in length. The extent to which Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia shared much of the same Fascist ideology cannot be denied; that each totalitarian and self-proclaimed political messiah brought about overwhelming pain and suffering to his respective people speaks volumes regarding how the nature of Fascist rule was one imparted upon both the ...

This 6 page paper examines the practice of work assignment in the days of the Soviet Union. This paper discusses both the pro's and con's of this policy and compares the practice to today's employment situation in that country. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 7 page paper provides a summary of this refugee who was interviewed as part of a project from Harvard University. The information focuses on the U.S.S.R. in the early part of the twentieth century as viewed by a young female scientist. No bibliography.

This is a 6 page paper discussing the different regimes in Russia under Lenin and Stalin. The leadership styles of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin are considered to be somewhat different considering they both started out being part of the same Bolshevik party during the revolution in Russia in 1917. Lenin was established as the ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing the origins and cultural implications of the Cold War based mainly on the texts of Brower and Moss. The Cold War originated in the ashes of the Second World War when the countries devastated by war and those formerly occupied by German or Japanese forces were forming new ...

5 pages in length. Ascertaining the reasons behind the revived hostility that instigated the Cold War, historians have come to acknowledge the presence of Russian suspicions and American paranoia as fundamental motives. Delving deeper into these particular considerations finds that the Russians were, in fact, a nation of insecure people trying to assert ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the book Enigma of 1989 and critiques it. Several reviews are cited in an evaluation of this work on the fall of the USSR. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the similarities between the absolutism of Louis XIV and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century. The paper also considers if Louis XIV was good for France in the long term. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 4 page report discusses the ways in which Soviet foreign policy during its “Communist period” (1917-1991) can be seen as being related to Russia’s previous tsarist policies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.