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Soviet Union After WWII

Soviet Union After WWII. Berlin Airlift. Berlin Airlift Propaganda Video. Zhdanovshchina. Doctrine of the communist party in Russia created in 1946 by Andrei Zhdanov Divided world culture into the “imperial” or “democratic” categories - U.S. was “imperial” - Soviet Union was “democratic”

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Soviet Union After WWII

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  1. Soviet Union After WWII

  2. Berlin Airlift

  3. Berlin Airlift Propaganda Video

  4. Zhdanovshchina • Doctrine of the communist party in Russia created in 1946 by Andrei Zhdanov • Divided world culture into the “imperial” or “democratic” categories - U.S. was “imperial” - Soviet Union was “democratic” • All artwork, literature, and scholarship had to avoid anything connected to “imperial” ideas - What might this include?

  5. Economic Recovery • ¼ of Russia's capital resources had been destroyed • Industrial and Agricultural output far short of pre-war levels - Why else aside from the capital destruction? • Took some economic aid from Sweden and Britian but rejected all else • Focused on heavy industry rather than food or consumer goods

  6. Marshal Plan • United States gave 13 billion (equal to 135 billion now) to rebuild Western Europe • Mutual security plan continued some of this spending later • Helped erase trade barriers • Set up institutions to help the greater European economy • Focused on modernizing Europe • Soviets forced all Eastern-Bloc nations to reject Marshall plan aid

  7. Exploitative Trade • Soviet Union forced satellite states into unequal trade agreements - kind of like mercantilism • Used them to help Soviet Industry recover - Satellite states supplied machinery and raw materials - Exchanged for items that the Soviet Union could afford to lose

  8. Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles • Nuclear program started during WWII and accelerated after Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Relied heavily on the “atomic spy ring” • First test was Aug. 1949 (successful) • Important to maintain equal footing • Most powerful weapon was 50 megatons (capable of 100 megatons) - Fat Man was only 21 kilotons • First intercontinental ballistic missile 1957

  9. From 99 miles away

  10. Space Race • Part of proving Soviet science superior • Firsts: - Satellite in space- Sputnik I (1957) - Animal in space (dog) - Human in space (Yuri Gagarin) - Woman in space - Space Walk - Moon impact - Interplanetary probe

  11. Space Race • Until 1955 it was heavily aided by captured German scientists • Several groups in competition • Kept failures a secret (why?) • Came up with early plans to reach Mars

  12. KGB • In 1953 the NKGB and the MGB merged their functions • In 1954 they were changed to the KGB • Functions: - Intelligence - Counter- Intelligence - Search for state criminals - Internal and border armies

  13. KGB • After WWII many newer or more moderate members were purged from the party • KGB known for using violence and imprisonment - Euphemism “wetwork” teams Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, is former KGB

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