by Dawson Ziegler

Doc C: Military (Dawson)

dawson_ziegler — 2014-05-07 19:24:39 UTC

Stalin killed 1,548,366 people from 1937-1938

Doc C: Government (Dawson)

dawson_ziegler — 2014-05-07 19:25:52 UTC

Joseph Stalin took control of the Soviet government by the forms of mass arrests, imprisonment, forced labor, show trials,and executions. The Great Terror was a bad time in which people were cruely tortured, with interrogations, and the fearful abuse of human dignity.

Doc D: Political (Dawson)

dawson_ziegler — 2014-05-07 19:26:29 UTC

Soviet Union has been kept as a communist economy for its entire history.

-The two men in the picture on Doc. D are frightened and afraid of voting because they don't want to vote wrong, and because its a communistic society.

-The vote of 1979 is a giant win for Leonid Brezhnev, this could of been a forceful vote towards him.

Doc AGeography (celine):

2014-05-09 01:05:35 UTC

-Soviet Union had an enormous amount of territory

-8,649,000 square miles

-15 Soviet Republics (on the map)

-Strong Military, more people

-More allies

DocB: Economy (celine):

2014-05-09 01:12:23 UTC

-U.S econ. was better

-Soviet Union's per Capita Income= $2,600, U.S was $12,530

-Less radios, TV sets, and passenger cars

-Cost of one yard of polyester fabric $7.50, compared to U.S which was $.67

-Gross National Product was 1.47 trillion dollars

Document E: Military and Economy (Cassie)

cassie_collins — 2014-05-09 03:01:00 UTC

Economy:

-Amount spent on the amount of weaponry in USA-$131 billion & USSR-$165 billion

-Percentage of GNP (USSR-11%, USA- 5%)

Military:

-Amount of weaponry used between USSR & USA

-Comparison between them (USSR spent more money on weapons than USA and had a higher GNP %, also had more weaponry in each weapon)

-Weapons used such as:

-Inter Continental Missile Launchers
-Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles
-Nuclear Arsenal

Document F: Technology & Acheivements (Cassie)

cassie_collins — 2014-05-09 03:13:35 UTC

Technology/Achievements:

-"Soviet fires Earth Satellite into space"

-worlds first artificial satellite, launched into space

Achievements:

-Laika first dog in space (1961)

-Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first man to orbit Earth (1961)

-Valetina becomes first women to travel in space (1963)

Document G: Achievements (Cassie)

cassie_collins — 2014-05-09 03:19:05 UTC

Achievements:

-Comparing medal count between USSR and USA through 1952-1988

-2 soviet and international superstars were gold medal winners in 1972 Olympics