Do you think communism worked in russia during decades of the 20 century???
Why or why not?? Would the communist philosophy of Karl Marx worked had they continued with that thinking, why or why not???
Politics - 6 Answers
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if it had worked would it have collapsed after only 70 years?
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Of course it did. Right up until they entered into the war with Afghanistan. Russia were actually doing better than the US in the space race until you faked the lunar landings. Russia were better than you at just about anything apart from corruption and lies. That is where you shone through. The war with Afghanistan drained their resources to breaking point and who's fault was that? Don't think they haven't forgotten your Arming and training of the mujahideen.
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Absolutely not. There were to many shortages in materials. You need to read the book How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed. It is a great book that tells and insider's story of communism.
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Since it collapsed under it's own weight, (for many, many reasons, mostly economical, not from afghanistan) I would most certainly say it did not.
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It would never have worked, communism erodes the economic foundation of a country. That's another reason to steer clear of Democrats, they have the same philosophy.
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Do you take vote to find a correct course when you are in a ship that has lost its path in sea, or you will try to read map or compass etc? It's like this. If one desires to have a genuine answer one has to study Marxism and Russian history. When a socio-economic system falls apart there are certain specific reasons for the downfall. The logic of 70 years is a lazy logic which does not intend to go to the root of the problem. Feudal society reigned for hundreds of years and then it died down. If one studies Marxism honestly forgetting all kinds of bias, one will certainly understand that downfall of socialism in USSR was due to deviation from true Marxism. After the death of Stalin, Khruschov and his followers undertook the job of restoration of capitalism. They actually implemented certain economic "reforms" which paved the way for destruction of socialism in USSR. Those reforms were all against the Marxian concept of Socialism. These reforms brought back private property over means of production first in agriculture then in industry. They introduced profit motive for production. They further expanded the role of free market. Through the course of years, in such situation, the new capitalist class, an elite class, emerged banking on beaurocracy in state administration. On the other hand the economy started to suffer and the load was put upon the people who sufferred and a great many thought that the fault lied with Marxism as understood by Lenin and Stalin.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Where to find info on current Russia
Where to find info on current Russia?
I'm working on a project on the current economic/governmental situation of Russia. I was looking for any sources that may be helpful in finding real GDP, CPI, or any other economic indicators. Second, I was looking for any sites to show a basic layout of how the government works in both job description and a spread of the relationships between the government groups. Most of this would be helpful, but the most help I could ask for is a link or name to a show on Russia as a country, preferably from the 1980s to the present. Something to tell the story of Russia and its people. The History Channel has probably done some documentaries on the subject. This does not need to be purely factual in nature, but something to give me a leg up on how Russia works and where I need to start looking. I don’t speak Russian which seems to be what most of the sites are written in, so if the sites suggested could be in English, I would be grateful. So if I could get the name of any of these sources or shows, it would be a tremendous help on starting this project.
Government - 4 Answers
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The best link I can give you that will answer most if not all your questions is the CIA World Factbook page for Russia Here is the link: (it is 100% reliable and is a very well known source) I have used it for global assignments in the past: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html Hope that helps! :) Amy
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The CIA world factbook (google it and the website will pop up, i don't know the address off the top of my head). This document has economic and governmental information listed for every country in the world, and is a reliable source. It is very basic info, and won't give you much cultural insight. But its a decent starting point. Also, keep in mind that Russia through the 1980s was the USSR, and the government and to some extent, culture have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Another thing you could look up is an article that Time magazine ran in the early 90's about the McDonalds they opened in Moscow, some of the quotes in there can give a little insight into the post-communism mentality in the country. I know it sounds random...but i found it interesting.
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Moscow
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There is a freeviw channel called Russia Today
I'm working on a project on the current economic/governmental situation of Russia. I was looking for any sources that may be helpful in finding real GDP, CPI, or any other economic indicators. Second, I was looking for any sites to show a basic layout of how the government works in both job description and a spread of the relationships between the government groups. Most of this would be helpful, but the most help I could ask for is a link or name to a show on Russia as a country, preferably from the 1980s to the present. Something to tell the story of Russia and its people. The History Channel has probably done some documentaries on the subject. This does not need to be purely factual in nature, but something to give me a leg up on how Russia works and where I need to start looking. I don’t speak Russian which seems to be what most of the sites are written in, so if the sites suggested could be in English, I would be grateful. So if I could get the name of any of these sources or shows, it would be a tremendous help on starting this project.
Government - 4 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
The best link I can give you that will answer most if not all your questions is the CIA World Factbook page for Russia Here is the link: (it is 100% reliable and is a very well known source) I have used it for global assignments in the past: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html Hope that helps! :) Amy
2 :
The CIA world factbook (google it and the website will pop up, i don't know the address off the top of my head). This document has economic and governmental information listed for every country in the world, and is a reliable source. It is very basic info, and won't give you much cultural insight. But its a decent starting point. Also, keep in mind that Russia through the 1980s was the USSR, and the government and to some extent, culture have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Another thing you could look up is an article that Time magazine ran in the early 90's about the McDonalds they opened in Moscow, some of the quotes in there can give a little insight into the post-communism mentality in the country. I know it sounds random...but i found it interesting.
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Moscow
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There is a freeviw channel called Russia Today
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
If you got a cell phone in the US, can you still use it (with the same provider) if you move to Russia
If you got a cell phone in the US, can you still use it (with the same provider) if you move to Russia?
I was wondering... If you have a cell phone, for examle, T-mobile provided. If I moved to Russia, and my parents stayed here and payed the bill, would my service and my phone still work in Russia - even though they don't have that service provider? One of my friends has been talking to a boy over the internet and he claims he's from Russia, and he says he has a US phone from when he used to live there and his parents pay his bill (they live in the US). According to my knowledge, they don't have ANY of the same US Providers over in Russia. I'm thinking he's lying.
Russia - 4 Answers
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i'm pretty sure you can, but it'll be REALLY REALLY Expensive. It's better if you just buy another phone in russia.
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Mobile telephones from America only work in America. You can purchase a sim card for some other countries but it will be more expensive to use it. You can subscribe to a service there. America is unfortunately far behind europe and asia in mobile phones. There you can use any phone for any service. Here not so, you must buy a phone for your specific service. But if you take your t-mobile to Russia with you it will not work at all. And you can't use it for a service there. There's always e-mail.
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nope it wont work, I already tried last summer
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You can use US providers, but mega expensive. best thing is just to get a sim card from Beeline or UMC when you are in Moscow and just use the Russian providers.Much less expensive if you are staying there for a while
I was wondering... If you have a cell phone, for examle, T-mobile provided. If I moved to Russia, and my parents stayed here and payed the bill, would my service and my phone still work in Russia - even though they don't have that service provider? One of my friends has been talking to a boy over the internet and he claims he's from Russia, and he says he has a US phone from when he used to live there and his parents pay his bill (they live in the US). According to my knowledge, they don't have ANY of the same US Providers over in Russia. I'm thinking he's lying.
Russia - 4 Answers
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i'm pretty sure you can, but it'll be REALLY REALLY Expensive. It's better if you just buy another phone in russia.
2 :
Mobile telephones from America only work in America. You can purchase a sim card for some other countries but it will be more expensive to use it. You can subscribe to a service there. America is unfortunately far behind europe and asia in mobile phones. There you can use any phone for any service. Here not so, you must buy a phone for your specific service. But if you take your t-mobile to Russia with you it will not work at all. And you can't use it for a service there. There's always e-mail.
3 :
nope it wont work, I already tried last summer
4 :
You can use US providers, but mega expensive. best thing is just to get a sim card from Beeline or UMC when you are in Moscow and just use the Russian providers.Much less expensive if you are staying there for a while
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
If you got a cell phone in the US, can you still use it (with the same provider) if you move to Russia
If you got a cell phone in the US, can you still use it (with the same provider) if you move to Russia?
I was wondering... If you have a cell phone, for examle, T-mobile provided. If I moved to Russia, and my parents stayed here and payed the bill, would my service and my phone still work in Russia - even though they don't have that service provider? One of my friends has been talking to a boy over the internet and he claims he's from Russia, and he says he has a US phone from when he used to live there and his parents pay his bill (they live in the US). According to my knowledge, they don't have ANY of the same US Providers over in Russia. I'm thinking he's lying.
Cell Phones & Plans - 2 Answers
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Check with the phone carrier.
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You are half correct. In order to use your cell phone that you purchase here in the United States and travel internationally they would have to have the same network. For example if I had A T&T Wireless here in the United States I would have to make sure they have coverage in the country and service that I am traveling to. However there is an alternative that people sometimes do. They buy a unlock GSM phone either from A T&T or T-Mobile and once they go to a international country they just purchase a sim card from any provider in that country and put it into their unlock GSM cell phone that they bought here in the United States and it would work in that country. The reason why it works is the United States cell phone is unlock and uses GSM network which is used in a lot of countries. This is what I think your friend did. He has a unlock GSM phone and goes to Russia and purchases a sim card and he uses whatever provider that services Russia with that sim card.
I was wondering... If you have a cell phone, for examle, T-mobile provided. If I moved to Russia, and my parents stayed here and payed the bill, would my service and my phone still work in Russia - even though they don't have that service provider? One of my friends has been talking to a boy over the internet and he claims he's from Russia, and he says he has a US phone from when he used to live there and his parents pay his bill (they live in the US). According to my knowledge, they don't have ANY of the same US Providers over in Russia. I'm thinking he's lying.
Cell Phones & Plans - 2 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Check with the phone carrier.
2 :
You are half correct. In order to use your cell phone that you purchase here in the United States and travel internationally they would have to have the same network. For example if I had A T&T Wireless here in the United States I would have to make sure they have coverage in the country and service that I am traveling to. However there is an alternative that people sometimes do. They buy a unlock GSM phone either from A T&T or T-Mobile and once they go to a international country they just purchase a sim card from any provider in that country and put it into their unlock GSM cell phone that they bought here in the United States and it would work in that country. The reason why it works is the United States cell phone is unlock and uses GSM network which is used in a lot of countries. This is what I think your friend did. He has a unlock GSM phone and goes to Russia and purchases a sim card and he uses whatever provider that services Russia with that sim card.
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