USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of government did the USSR have that claimed to bring about a classless society?
A
fascism
B
communism
C
democracy
D
theocracy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Soviet ideology, Russia was in the transition from capitalism to socialism (referred to interchangeably under Lenin as the dictatorship of the proletariat), socialism being the intermediate stage to communism, with the latter being the final stage which follows after socialism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Later on 20 March 1991 the Supreme Soviet on Mikhail Gorbachev’s suggestion amended the constitution to establish a semi-presidential system, essentially a fusion of the American and French styles of government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945. The Soviet Union was a communist country. Communism is an economic system where most property belongs to the government.

Detailed explanation-4: -He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-5: -From its creation, the government in the Soviet Union was based on the one-party rule of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

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