The wheel of history rolls forward, countless new regimes are established, and at the same time countless regimes are dying, no matter what the final outcome, they have left traces of light or heavy in history.
In the history of the world, the establishment and disintegration of the former Soviet Union is undoubtedly engraved on history, from the huge regime at the time of its establishment in 1922, it has experienced the glory of national development, which is enough to sit on an equal footing with the United States at that time, until the dissolution of the overall pattern in 1991, the former Soviet Union can really be called a superpower.
And from 1991 to the present, many years have passed, the level of development and progress in the world has long been different, if the former Soviet Union is placed in our present, then what level will it be at? Whether it is still at the top of the list, or abandoned by the times.
The land area is huge and the age group of the population is stable
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the soviet union was divided into 15 countries due to the division of the various regimes, the largest part of which was Russia, and even in our current view, Russia is still a country with a large territory, let alone the territory of the former Soviet Union.
After the establishment of the former Soviet Union in 1917, the land area reached more than 22 million square kilometers, and no second country in the world could match it wherever the four countries went. Although the size of the territory does not directly represent the strength of the country, such a huge area must occupy many natural resources, which is very beneficial to the overall development of the country.
On the other hand, once a war is triggered, such a huge land area makes the former Soviet Union have sufficient war potential and strategic deployment pattern, and it has more chances of winning in the face of the enemy.
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the population size of the entire country reached 290 million, but there was no aging phenomenon in such a huge population size at that time, on the contrary, the population in the country was mostly young, which also brought enough population potential to the former Soviet Union, matching such a vast land area, it is also very dominant in today's world.
The military force is strong and the technical data is advanced
Even now, the military science and technology of the former Soviet Union can be said to be still not outdated. In the period of World War II, the Soviet Union and the German army confronted each other, and in such a dangerous situation, the Soviet Union still shared the same situation with the other side, did not fall behind, and even formed its own army to take the initiative to attack and occupy many Eastern European lands.
After the United States developed the atomic bomb and successfully detonated, it attracted the attention of the former Soviet Union, only four years have passed, the former Soviet Union has also successfully detonated its own country's atomic bomb, although the time gap between the two countries' successful development is not very long, but the United States spent a total of six years to develop, the Soviet Union in the absence of specific intelligence and information, plus the preliminary preparations can
It was not easy to successfully develop it in five years, which indirectly proved the strength of its military strength.
The most rapid period of scientific and technological development in the entire country of the former Soviet Union was when Khrushchev was in power, whether it was the launch of the first satellite or the successful appearance of the first astronaut, at that time there was no doubt that it was at the top level of the world, and these achievements were no less than that even now.
The economic strength is high, and the level of development of heavy industry is high
Under the leadership of the Stalin model, the Soviet Union carried out many major industrial developments. When the first five-year plan began, the whole country was seriously carrying out industrial construction, and the output of each industry was steadily increased, and in the past four years, the original predetermined goal was reached, which not only enabled the rapid increase in industrial output value, but also enabled all the resources needed by the country at that time to be self-sufficient.
In the context of such a rapid development of the times, compared with the capitalist system pursued by the West at that time, the industrial output value of the entire country of the former Soviet Union has far left the Countries such as Britain and France at that time, and the economic level has also improved rapidly with the development of industry, directly threatening the status of the United States. At the same time, the development of heavy industry has also boosted the reserves of military power, which should not be underestimated even now.
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Soviet-German War 1941-1945, etc