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C/E/97. What factors contributed to the collapse of Soviet Union? Was the collapse inevitable?

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2000
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2006
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The essay looks at two views: the voluntarists - who believe that the Soviet Union would have not collapsed if Gorbachev did not come to power, and essentialists - who believe that Soviet Union had to collapse due to the abnormality of the regime. A number of different arguments are provided to defend both sides of the story. Some of the factors are challenged, such as: Can spreading corruption lead to the collapse of the regime? Does extensive military spending contributes to economic growth more then if deteriorate the standard of consumer goods? Etc.

 

KEYWORDS: factors, contributed, collapse, soviet, union, collapse, inevitable,

 
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