GEO 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gosplan, Kolkhoz, Mikhail Gorbachev
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Moscow: forward capital a capital city that is positioned near potentially or actually contested territory to confirm the state"s determination to maintain presence in that area: political framework. Ussr 1924: 15 ssrs, assrs, autonomous regions (in order of importance, fatal flaw was dividing areas up by ethnicity. Wanted independence, easier to break away when everyone is on board/unified. Russification: attempt to make all of the various ethnic groups in the. Ussr into russians through language, culture, history, education, etc. Sent russians to live in and among the other ethnic groups to expedite this process: economic framework. Means of production owned and controlled by state, central planning of economic structure and output prevails. Features: production of specific goods: ussr leaders. Economic output down 4% in 1990, 10-15% in 1991. Unity of ussr and the individual republics threatened. Pluralization of soviet politics, steady erosion of the communist party"s monopoly of power. Larger than continental us, but fewer than 15 million inhabitants.
