Museum Entrance Welcome to the Fall of the Soviet

Transcript:Museum Entrance Welcome to the Fall of the Soviet:
Museum Entrance Welcome to the Fall of the Soviet Union Museum Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Curator Curator My name is Joel Espinoza I am currently in the 7th period class of World History taught by Mr. Collins. This is my Hall of the Fall of the Soviet Union. Room 2 Economy Room 3 Proxy Wars Room 4 Nationalism Ethnic Fragmentation The USSR used “Slav Nation/Pride” propaganda as justification in creating a unified Slav state. However, Russia was clearly the favored and dominant state, while others (including Turkish/Central Asian constituents) were oppressed. Russians clearly viewed themselves as superior, despite asking client states to buy into Slav unity/patriotism/pride, which became a transparent effort to draw other Slav nations in under a false romantic ideal. As a result, non-Russians were quick to separate from the Soviet Union when it entered troubled waters. Image acquired at: http://tiigs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/USSR_Ethnic_Groups_1974.jpg Main Hall Citation: Chernobyl On April 25, 1986 an accident of several mistakes at a nuclear plant site 15km of Chernobyl caused a massive explosion of the reactors at the plant and had an immediate effect on the environment near it which included the old town of Chernobyl. The accident caused the largest uncontrolled radioactive release into the environment ever recorded for any civilian operation, and large quantities of radioactive substances were released into the air for about 10 days. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. Image acquired at: http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/chernobyl_25th_anniversary/bp2.jpg Main Hall Citation: "First Half of Chernobyl Cover on the Move." Chernobyl. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. . Website Ussr and China break ties There were many reasons for the break up of relations between the two nations but the main causes of the broken relations is that for one Joseph Stalin thought very lowly of China’s communist leader Mao Zedong who was born in to a peasant family. Secondly there were ideological differences such as Nikita Khrushchev’s policy of peaceful coexistence and lastly the feeling of being exploited by the USSR during the Korean War and the Treat of Friendship (1950). Main Hall Image acquired at: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/images/1/1d/Ac.maostalin.jpg Citation: "Causes of the Collapse of the Soviet Union." Causes of the Collapse of the Soviet Union. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. . Glasnost With the Soviet public becoming more disenchanted with their secretive government, Gorbachev attempted to compensate by committing to openness and