Fast forward to the blink of an eye, this year marks the beginning of its thirtieth anniversary after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and many young people no longer have any memories of the once world's largest socialist country.
Think back to the Soviet Union, its military strength once reached the height of being able to wrench the wrist with the United States, such as the story of the us-Soviet hegemony in the last century, but it was really recorded in many textbooks, and it was also this period that violently promoted the scientific and technological development of all mankind.
How powerful was the Soviet Union at its peak? From the perspective of military strength alone, the soviet union spent up to 15% of the gross national product, and it is no wonder that the soviet military industry has developed so rapidly.
However, being able to single-handedly compete with the United States, which is already the world hegemon, is probably only the tip of the iceberg of the Soviet Union's strength, and the Soviet Union's strength is all-round.
Powerful in all directions
At its peak, the Soviet Union's military-industrial prowess was unquestionable, and they had so many tanks and even nuclear warheads that even some of the semi-finished warships they once produced were still famous in some areas.
However, scientific research is sometimes also bypassed, for example, the US military industry has contributed to the great achievements of the Internet for mankind, and the rapid development of Soviet science and technology has also promoted the development of Soviet society.
The peak of the Soviet Union should have been the period from 1975 to 1982, the period of brezhnev's party, which suppressed the United States in almost every way.
For example, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was a struggle over space technology, they successively explored outer space, and under the huge pressure brought by the Soviet Union, the United States also had to be tied to the chariot of developing space technology, entangled with each other for decades, and at this time it also developed to the peak.
Not to mention the contest in the field of science and technology such as nuclear submarine technology in the exploration of the ocean, although what we are most familiar with is the arms race in outer space, there is no doubt that the Soviet Union's science and technology is comprehensively developed, from nuclear submarines to spaceships, the Soviet military industry in various fields has brought great results.
At the same time, these achievements have also brought great progress to society, and the level of light industry in the Soviet Union at its peak was basically the same as that of the United States, and in some areas it even far exceeded the level of the United States.
At its peak, the Soviet Union gave birth to a total of 35 Nobel Prizes and 9 Fields Medals, and to this day, China has not surpassed the Soviet Union's achievements in scientific research, as of last year, China only had 1 Nobel Prize in science, and as for the Fields Medal, it has won nothing.
I am afraid that china's scientific achievements today are not to be compared with the Soviet Union, not even the predecessor of the Soviet Union, Tsarist Russia, which is enough to see that Soviet society is showing a thriving situation.
In addition to science, in terms of economic strength, China may not be able to compete with Russia during the Soviet Period, according to a data show that by 2017, our total industrial and agricultural economy will catch up with the Soviet Union in 1975.
Of course, today's Chinese economic development does not depend mainly on industry and agriculture, but from this data, we can also see how powerful the Soviet Union was at its peak, perhaps they were not as rich as contemporary China as they were, but they had the strength to make the world tremble.
Unprecedented self-confidence
During the Soviet period, due to the merger of Ukraine, Belarus and other countries, the land area reached 22 million square kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of the world's land area, it is no wonder that they were able to accumulate such a huge wealth, and it is no wonder that they have extraordinary self-confidence in their own country.
The Soviet people in the Soviet period had an unprecedented self-confidence, they dared to speak out for the motherland, but also for themselves, and the Soviet Union at its peak dared to export its ideology to the international community and lead countless socialist countries with strong comprehensive strength.
"Proletarians of the world, unite!" Perhaps it is precisely as this sentence indicates that before the collapse of the Soviet Union in the last century, wherever they were, the proletarians and the oppressed had only one motherland in their hearts, that is, the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union itself also took this achievement as its pride, and they also firmly believed that they were opening up a new era for mankind, leading the proletarians to turn themselves into masters, and leading all mankind to make common progress.
From the point of view of the historical process, the Soviet Union did occupy the most solid article in the history books, and they did indeed lead countless people who had been oppressed to stand up, and they also transported their own fire-like faith to the whole world.
The self-confidence of the Soviets was unprecedented, they were willing to create some myths in human history, and during this period, they also had a lot of anti-natural ideas, for example, Soviet scientists once made a plan to melt the Arctic ice sheet and open up the Arctic shipping lanes.
This kind of imagination is probably only done by the Soviet Union, a confident and self-reliant country, and the Soviets, including aerospace, have really paid for those whimsical real actions.
The horse loses its front hoof and eventually disintegrates
In order to complete the plan to melt the Arctic ice sheet and open up the Arctic shipping lanes, the Soviet Union set its sights on the Bering Strait, and they prepared to cut off the Bering Strait in order to heat up the waters of the Arctic Ocean and achieve their ultimate goal.
In order to complete this plan, they also found the United States on the other side of the Bering Strait, and according to the plan submitted at that time, they had to build a 90-kilometer-long embankment in the Bering Strait in order to complete this plan.
After the completion of the embankment, the warm current from the North Atlantic will continue to inject into the Arctic Ocean, because of the high salinity of these warm currents, the salt accumulates in the Arctic Ocean, which will gradually affect the melting point of the Arctic Ocean, and after the salinity and temperature continue to rise, eventually melt the entire Arctic Ocean.
Then the melting Arctic Ocean could become the center of the world's people's participation in maritime trade, and successfully connect the two continents of Europe and the United States, all of which would eventually benefit the United States and the Soviet Union.
However, of course, the United States did not agree to this series of plans of the Soviet Union, after all, the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were not so good, and the United States also believed that there were some traps in the Soviet Union's plan.
After that, the Soviet Union had little chance to think about these whimsical plans, because Soviet society itself was in a huge crisis.
In the 1990s, due to some ideological problems, there were a large number of speeches advocating historical nihilism in Soviet society, and the foundation of the Soviet Union also encountered an unprecedented crisis, which eventually led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, most of the legacy of the former Soviet Union was inherited by Russia, at this time Russia thought that after the transformation, it could be more brilliant, but due to the suppression of the United States and other Western countries, their ideas were still frustrated, and later Russia no longer had any improvement in economy and military, and it seemed to disappear for many years.
However, the only thing that makes Russia useful is the legacy left by the Soviet Union, with which Russia can survive these two decades of difficult years by sitting on the mountain and eating the air, although russia's strength is probably no better than it was then, but we can still imagine what a huge wealth the Soviet Union had accumulated for the whole society.
In this way, it is not difficult to understand that Russia has always wanted to return to its former glory and Russians miss life during the Soviet period.
brief summary:
In the blink of an eye, this year is the thirtieth year of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union, which was once so powerful, has finally disappeared on the world map, which is undoubtedly not lamentable.
This also warns us that the so-called strong is not necessarily the best way for a country to survive, in addition to economic strength, we must also attach importance to cultural soft power and diplomatic ability, which can make the country more stable, the society more vigorous, and avoid repeating the mistakes of the Soviet Union.