Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The official dissolution of the Soviet Union took place on December 26, 1991. It was the result of the counter-revolutionary and revisionist movement beginning with the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 and subsequent de-Stalinization. At first, the Soviet revisionists attempted to gamble on the name of the Soviet Communist Party, but between 1989 to 1991, the Soviet revisionists decided to formally dissolve the Soviet Union and end the facade of socialism. The Soviet revisionists liquidated the CPSU and empowered right-wing nationalists and counter-revolutionaries everywhere.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a temporary victory for the bourgeoisie, but socialism rising again is inevitable.
Legacy
Socioeconomic consequences
The dissolution of the Soviet Union had severe societal ramifications for the inhabitants of the post-Soviet states. The poverty rate increased massively, from 3% of the population in 1987-1988 to 25% in 1993-1995.[1] Likewise, the mortality rate and average life expectancy declined significantly as conflict, illness, and famines took hold.[2]
Socialist nostalgia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, an event which was undemocratic from its onset, sentiments supportive of socialism and the Soviet Union remained and even gained traction among the peoples of the post-Soviet states. In a poll conducted in 2021, 63% of Russians regretted the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with that percentage increasing notably among older populations.[3] The and popularity and confidence in the capitalist systems in the former Soviet Union is also very low.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Share of the population in Central and Eastern Europe living below the poverty level in select periods between 1987 and 1995" (December 31, 2006). Statista. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ↑ Vladimir Popov (July 5, 2018). "Mortality and life expectancy in post-communist countries". doc-research.org. Retrieved November 20, 2024. Archived from the original.
- ↑ "Share of Russians regretting the USSR dissolution 2021, by age" (January 17, 2022). Statista. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Confidence in Democracy and Capitalism Wanes in Former Soviet Union" (December 5, 2011). Pew Research Center. Retrieved November 20, 2024.