Essay Russia CCOT
Between 1801 and 1939, Russia had been exposed to many different changes as a result of the introduction of the Soviet Union in 1917. Such changes included differences in the economy as well as social reforms. There were also differences in the methods of production between the two times. Yet some things hadn’t changed between this period of time. For example, similar treatment of the people by the ruler of Russia and vice versa as well as techniques and ideas used the ruler was similar. A major change that resulted from the rise of the Soviet Union was modernization and industrialization. Using Karl Marx’s ideas as a guide, Stalin had believed that it was necessary to become socialist as a country before being able to become communist. Because Russia was not sufficiently capitalist and modernized as seen from Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War, there was a need for industrialization on a major scale. As a result, Stalin had implemented the 5 – year plans in order to raise production so that Russia would soon be one of the leading producers. This was majorly different from the “old” Russia where agriculture was the majority of the source of food and goods were hand crafted. As a result, the economies from these two different times were very different. Another major change that resulted from the rise of the Soviet Union was the differences in society. Unlike prior to the Soviet Union where the people had lived in a monarchy, post-Soviet Union led to the introduction of ideas such as socialism and communism. There was also the establishment of new social reforms that had taken place. For example, between 1919 and 1920 there were a series of reforms that made marriage a civil act, legalized divorce as well as more gender equality between men and women. All of which were not present in Russia before the rise of the Bolshevik party. There were however similarities as well between Russia/Soviet Union in 1801 and 1939 in the rulers that they had. Although the Tsar