Communism in Russia
An overview of the communism era in Russia would be quite unsatisfactory source of information for the period but would reveal the good and the bad parts within such a system. Historically, this period was famous for the great divide between the East and the West and is a keystone in the modern development of Russia – the foundation of the modern technologies coming from the Federation were put during socialism and no matter how hard and aggressive that period was, it truely contributed for the vast technological advance of Russian during the post WWII decades, along with advancement in both education and locum jobs for doctors.
After the Marxism had influenced the capitalism and Imperialism states, in 1917 the people of Russia made their choice – taking the path of the Revolution, the state transformed from a monarchy to socialist republic. This is when communism came into use for the first time in a country and the main ideas of the movement were applied.
After the WWII, during the Cold war, the Soviet Union in which Russia was the supreme member, showed an incredible technical advance. Communism worked well for the industry if not for the people – the divide in production and the five year development plans designed a framework for steady development. Since people were not influenced by the capitalism theories, they all worked for the state in a country where the government was the ultimate owner, judge and executor of orders. Private ownership was forbidden and the equality of people led to rapid development. The results were the first man in the space sent by Russia, the technological advance in aircraft and weaponary production as well as electrical engineering and heavy industry machinery.
This is how Communism developed till the 1990s when the Soviet Block was abolished and democracy took place. However, during the years of communism the advance of Russia and its allies was unquestioned and if one posstive feature of communism can be extracted, this would be the ideas of the movement that are completely compatible with the need for steady economical and technological growth.
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