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 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION -1917

BASED ON SOCIALISM AND 12

EQUALITY 10

AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY

8

AND MONARCHY 6
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UNION OF SOVIET
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SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 2

WAS FORMED AFTER 0

THE REVOLUTION Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4

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 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

FORMED IN 1922 12

OPPOSITION TO CAPITALISM
10

PRIMACY TO THE STATE AND

8

COMMUNIST PARTY 6
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OPPOSITION WAS 4

NOT ALLOWED
2

PLANNED AND 0

CONTROLLED
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ECONOMY
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 SOVIET SYSTEM - MERITS
COMPLEX COMMUNICATION 12

NETWORK 10

VAST ENERGY RESOURCES

SELF SUFFICIENT CONSUMER 8

INDUSTRY 6
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MINIMUM STANDARD OF
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LIVING TO ALL CITIZENS

BASIC NECESSITIES TO
2

ALL(HEALTH, EDUCATION, CHILDCARE etc)

0
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NO UNEMPLOYMENT

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 SOVIET SYSTEM - DEMERITS

BUREAUCRATIC AND 12

AUTHORITARIAN 10

DOMINATION OF A SINGLE 8

PARTY 6
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UNACCOUNTABLE
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ADMINISTRATION
4

DOMINATION OF 2

RUSSIA 0
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INFERIOR
TECHNOLOGY
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 GORBACHEV AND THE
DISINTEGRATION
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, 12

GENERAL SECRETARY 10

OF SOVIET COMMUNIST
PARTY IN 1985,SOUGHT 8

TO REFORM THE SYSTEM. 6

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HE DECIDED TO
NORMALISE THE RELATIONS
2

WITH THE WEST 0

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DEMOCRATISE AND REFORM

THE SOVIET UNION
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 GORBACHEV ADOPTED
GLASNOST – 12

OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY

10

IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
8

PERESTROIKA – 6
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RESTRUCTURING OF
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SOVIET POLITICAL AND

ECONOMIC SYSTEM
2

0
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 DISINTETATION OF SOVIET UNION
A COUP TOOK PLACE IN 1991.
12

IT WAS ENCOURAGED BY COMMUNIST

10

PARTY HARDLINERS
PEOPLE WERE AGAINST 8

COMMUNIST RULE 6
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BORIS YELTSIN EMERGED

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AS NATIONAL HERO
YELTSIN OPPOSED THE
2

CENTRALISED CONTROL 0
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 1991 DECEMBER 26 12

UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP
10

OF YELTSIN, 8

RUSSIA, 6
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UKRAINE AND 4
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BELARUS
DECLARED 2

INDEPENDENCE 0
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YELTSIN AND HIS SUPPORTERS
ALSO DECLARED THAT
SOVIET UNION WAS DISBANDED 12

AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE 10

SOVIET UNION WAS BANNED

8

POST SOVIET REPUBLICS

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6
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ADOPTED CAPITALISM AND 4

DEMOCRACY 2

0
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 COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
12

CIS WAS FORMED

10

AFTER THE 8

DISINTEGRATION OF 6
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USSR 4
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RUSSIA WAS
ACCEPTED AS THE 2

SUCCESSOR OF SOVIET 0
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UNION

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 DISINTEGRATION OF USSR -
REASONS.
ECONOMIC STAGNATION
12

10

EXPENSIVE ARMS RACE 8

ECONOMIC ADVANCE
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6
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IN THE WEST 4

UNACCOUNTABLE 2

ADMINISTRATIVE 0
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SYSTEM

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 DISINTEGRATION OF USSR - REASONS.

CORRUPTION AND NON TRANSPARENCY

12

IN BUREAUCRACY 10

CENTRALISATION OF AUTHORITY
8

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6
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REFORMS OF GORBACHEV Column 3

IMMEDIATE REASON – 2

NATIONALISATION 0

IN PROVINCES Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4

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 CONSEQUENCES OF
DISINTEGRATION
12

END OF COLD WAR 10

UNIPOLAR WORLD
8

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6
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EMERGENCE OF NEW COUNTRIES

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0
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 SHOCK THERAPY
IN POST COMMUNIST REGIMES
12

TRANSITION FROM
10

AN AUTHORITARIAN SOCIALIST SYSTEM

TO A DEMOCRATIC CAPITALIST SYSTEM
8

IN RUSSIA CENTRAL ASIA

6
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AND EASTERN EUROPE

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THAT WAS INFLUENCED BY THE

WORLD BANK AND THE IMF
2

CAME TO BE KNOWN
0

AS SHOCK THERAPY
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 FEATURES OF SHOCK THERAPY
12

1. TOTAL SHIFT TO CAPITALISM

10

2. THE FREE TRADE REGIME AND

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
8

3. BREAK UP OF THE TRADE ALLIANCES

6
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AMONG THE COUNTRIES OF SOVIET

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BLOC.
STARTED TRADE RELATIONS WITH
2

WEST 0
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 CONSEQUENCES OF SHOCK
THERAPY
12

1. State Controlled Industrial

10

Complex Almost Collapsed

8

2. High Inflation 6
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3. Poverty
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4. Growth of Mafia
4

5. Dictatorship of Presidents
2

6. Economic Inequality
0
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7. Civil Wars and Insurgencies

in Former Soviet Republics
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 INDIA AND THE USSR
ECONOMIC – TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE IN INDIA'S
12

PUBLIC SECTOR COMPANIES

10

POLITICAL - SUPPORT IN KASHMIR ISSUE

AND 1971 WAR
8

MILITARY - SOVIET UNION SUPPLIED

6
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MILITARY HARDWARE AND Column 3

TECHNOLOGY
4

CULTURE – HINDI FILMS WERE

2

POPULAR IN USSR.
0

CULTURAL Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4

EXCHANGE

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 INDIA AND POST - COMMUNIST
COUNTRIES
INDIA HAS MAINTAINED GOOD
12

RELATION WITH POST - COMMUNIST

10

COUNTRIES. 8

INDIA – RUSSIA RELATION IS THE Column 1

STRONGEST 6
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INDIA AND RUSSIA SUPPORTED THE

4

CONCEPT OF 2

MULTI – POLAR WORLD 0

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 RUSSIA- INDIA RELATIONS
BENEFITS TO INDIA
12

SUPPORT IN KASHMIR ISSUE

ENERGY SUPPLIES
10

SHARING INFORMATION
8

ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
6
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ACCESS TO CENTRAL ASIA

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BALANCING IT'S RELATIONS

4

WITH CHINA
2

NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS

SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
0
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ASSISTANCE DURING OIL CRISIS

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 RUSSIA- INDIA RELATIONS

BENEFITS TO RUSSIA
INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST ARMS
12

MARKET FOR RUSSIA

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