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2. Soviet Union: Aim: The Soviet Union was the is the supreme political institution of the state and primary force of societal organization (Wikipedia). The purpose of the Soviet Union was to be able to overthrow the Russian Empire, and establish a Socialist Soviet Republic. When in a Socialist Soviet Republic, was to become more advanced, and powerful, than the other countries. When trying to established a more powerful area, the Soviet Union began to adapt to the idea of a planned economy. In a planned economy, the production and distribution of goods were centralized and directed by the government (Wikipedia: Economy). At the control of the government, the government distributed and controlled everything in the Soviet Union. When being controlled by the government, the people found the unfairness of not receiving the goods they need for their family.

Audience: The people of the Soviet Union was diverse between different ethnic groups. In 1991, the population was at 293 million (Wikipedia: Ethnic Groups). In those 293 million people, it was a majority of Russians, Ukrainians and Uzbeks (Ethnic Groups). Since there was such large diversity throughout the Soviet Union, the people were usually assigned into those three major ethnicities. But with the health problems going on in European countries, there was a large amount of sick people in the Soviet Union. Since health was a large issue in the Soviet Union, many of the people had to receive free health care that was controlled by the government. When the people began to receive free healthcare, the citizens of Soviet Union began to live longer, than people in other areas.

Historical: The Soviet Union was established in 1922 and ended in 1991. The Soviet Union was a Marxist-Leninist state (Wikipedia: Soviet Union History). When the Soviet Union was first established, it was a union between Russia, Ukraine and other Soviet Republics. “ On December 28, 1922, a conference of plenipotentiary delegations from the [|Russian SFSR] , the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR approved the Treaty of Creation of the USSRand the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,” (Wikipedia: Soviet Union History). From the creation of the Soviet Union, it was always noted to be a communist party. In 1941, during World War II, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. After the “Great Patriotic War”, Germany suffered 80% deaths of it’s army (Elias).

Cultural: During the earlier years of the Soviet Union, the people had more freedom to express themselves in different art styles. In the earlier years of the Soviet Union, the people were allowed to express their views, that didn’t involve the discouragement of the government, when it was under the power of Bolshevik. When Lenin came into power, he enjoyed the expression of art, and wanted Art to be expressed as it has been traditionally (Wikipedia). Lenin continued the power of art throughout the Soviet Union. “L enin showed his support to the art scene and wanted art to be accessible to the masses. He nationalised many private art collections and created the Museum of New Western Art in Moscow,” (Wikipedia). After the power of art spread throughout the Soviet Union, the education system began to experiment with different methods of teaching. The need to be powerful over other countries, Soviet Union began to develop their learning system, even though the education level was lower than other countries.

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