In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world's most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics–Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, …

Why should it be? Ukraine is independent country, and for centuries fought for the independence. If to speak historically, more natural would be the question why Ukraine is not a part of Poland or Lithuania. In 13th century Kyiv was a center of big territory, that can be called a country. Though countries in modern sense did not existed back then yet.

Answer (1 of 23): The Soviet Union was mainly Russia, and almost anything else that bordered on to it. A bit of modern history follows, sorry about this. I’ll try to be flippant with it. Russia. 1904. Russia rules a vast but decaying empire under the authoritarian auspices of the Czar, the late...

Their internal policies were restricted by Moscow, and in case of deviation, the Red Army intervened (1956 Hungary or 1968 Czechoslovakia). Yugoslavia and Albania were the exceptions, they were ruled from internally. Prior 1945 the boundary of Eastern Europe was the boundary of the Soviet Union.

It will be just like 1917-1919. Tbe revolution started in Russia, neighbouring countries like Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus followed example and joined USSR. Ukraine joined without Crimea but …

East Prussia was divided among the USSR and Poland, Pommerania, West Prussia and Silesia was given to Poland, the rest still belongs to Germany. If you take a second look, you' ll discover that Prussia is still around : in the shape of 1700, even with the former Name : …

First, China has no intention to replicate its system in other countries. This is different from the USSR in the cold war. If USSR could not make other countries adapt its system, nor can China. All China does is to advancing the production force, domestically and internationally.

The USSR no longer exists. The USSR stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Not communist. The USSR constructed a socialist economy, not a communist one, and no one in the USSR ever even made the claim it was a communist one but it is simply a misconception by people who know nothing about communism.

Answer (1 of 10): I’m going to get a lot of downvotes for this since it doesn’t conform to what people think they know, but here I go anyway. By the mid-1930s, it was clear that there was going to be another war. Stalin attempted to assemble an anti-fascist coalition consisting of …