WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of government did the Soviet Union (USSR) have during the Cold War?
A
capitalism
B
democracy
C
communism
D
theocracy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The political system of the Soviet Union took place in a federal single-party soviet socialist republic framework which was characterized by the superior role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the only party permitted by the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was Bolshevist Marxism–Leninism, an ideology of a centralised command economy with a vanguardist one-party state to realise the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Stalin led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany and oversaw the establishment of hardline communist regimes in postwar Central and Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union dominated Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

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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