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The Cold War caused almost every country in the world to choose a side and many were forced to do so. The Soviet "influenced" many countries to be Communist and the European countries were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. These countries were also a military alliance named the Warsaw Pact. This, along with the creation of NATO, created the "Iron Curtain" across Europe.

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The USSR quickly became became enemies with the USA and this started the Cold War, a war of Capitalism (USA) and Communism (USSR) had begun.

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Anything from propaganda like this to sports teams was used to influence the people's thought in the USSR.

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The Arms Race Effects on the Minds of Citizens.

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The Arms Race Effects on the Minds of Citizens.

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Russians thought that Americans had an easy life. while the Russians had little money so the average citizen was just working in order to eat, meanwhile the arms race in Russia had increased to an all time high, so citizens were frightened.(Jean Spector)

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During the cold war Russia was communist and had little food and resources distributed to the citizens. And on top of that Brezhnev emphasized  heavy industry, this weakened the economy (Spielvogel 658)

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The USSR was communist so every item and all of the money in the country was owned by the government. Ideally, all of this was supposed to be evenly distributed among the population but it wasn't.

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New Leader and Downfall of the Soviet Union

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New Leader and Downfall of the Soviet Union

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From 1964-1982 Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the USSR. (Hutchinson 2) But, as the economy started to decline exponentially and living/working condition became terrible, the country needed a change. This change came when Mikhail Gorbachev was decided to be the new leader. He instituted reforms that greatly reduced the harsh Communist policies that were in place. This allowed the countries under soviet control to become independent which caused the USSR to lose the war and eventually become the country we know them to be today, Russia.

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Working citizens and collective farmers had no incentive to work hard. Further more many preferred working in their own small private plots. (Spielvogel 658)

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The Communist and Capitalists indirectly fought each other throughout the war as the USSR supported many smaller countries that were fighting the US such as North Korea and North Vietnam. There was also a massive arms race and the USSR was constantly trying to keep up with the amount of nuclear weapons the US had but eventually this led to the demise of their failing economy. (Spielvogel 660)

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USSR Citizens going to retrieve their food during a shortage

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USSR Citizens going to retrieve their food during a shortage

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"World War II devastated the Soviet Union. To create a new industrial base, Stalin returned to the method that he had used in the 1930s. Soviet workers were expected to produce goods for export with little in return for themselves." (Spielvogel 637)

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Spielvogel, Jackson J. World History. Columbusm, OH: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. Print.

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Hutchinson. "Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich, 1906-1982." Credo Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 June 2017.

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"Review of Hixson, Walter L., Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture, and the Cold War, 1945-61." H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 June 2017.

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You cannot compare the soviet's citizen spending power to other countries because technically they did not spend money and got everything they needed for free in their communist government.

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Most Russian citizens wanted to come to America and live the "American dream" because, despite the propaganda telling them otherwise, many citizens knew that a capitalist life was better than a communist life.