POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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Question
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Over the next 2 years, Soviet forces rigged elections and overthrew leaders so as to make those countries communist.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Stalin ruled as absolute dictator of the Soviet Union throughout World War II and until his death in March 1953.
Detailed explanation-2: -The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev’s power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -The volatile situation in Russia reached its climax with the October Revolution, which was a Bolshevik armed insurrection by workers and soldiers in Petrograd that successfully overthrew the Provisional Government, transferring all its authority to the Bolsheviks.
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