Soviet Union Question

The Soviet Union 's use of fear to keep power

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29th January , 2009

The celebrations that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall were almost global . This wall not only symbolized the great division that existed in the world , but even more significantly , it was a sinister reminder of the Great Iron Curtain , a symbol of Soviet power . The States that had been under Soviet control for decades were suddenly declaring independence . That the Soviet Union

kept power and control over many States by use of fear is evidenced by the rise of nationalism among various former Soviet States when Nikholai Gorbachev opened the democratic space and , through Perestroika , reduced control of the KGB over the Soviet States

Coming from Gorbachev to Boris Yeltsin , the Soviet Union was becoming more open both in dealing with the rest of the world and by embracing Capitalism . The use of the KGB to suppress nationalistic feelings was reduced and it was just a matter of time before many States broke away

Russia today is not much different from the way it was in the Soviet days . In fact , it would seem that the gains that had been made under Gorbachev and Yeltsin are continuously being eroded by the policies of Vladimir Putin . This de facto leader of Russia appears as shadowy as the classical KGB operative . When he was President , Putin frequently told the world that Russia will not...