Blog 16

Blog #16

            The Soviet Union was the first country to declare themselves as a communist country. Even though the Soviet Union does not exist today, it is still obvious today that Russia is a communist country that is declared as a “democracy. The influence that the communist Soviet Union had is still evident today. Communism was big in the 20^th century. Russia and China were major countries that promoted Communism. By the 1970s, almost one-third of the world’s population lived in societies governed by communist regimes. With the increase power of communism and military power, it is no wonder why the US was in fear of the Soviet Union. The major differences between the US and Soviet Union government caused major conflicts. The Soviet Union was growing in nuclear weapons and as testing new bombs. The US lived in threat of a nuclear attack. I can only imagine what it would have been like for Americans to be living under constant threat. However, the United Sates was just as powerful and advanced as in nuclear weapons as the Soviet Union. It was the fear of the damage that the Superpowers could create. It was even possible for the start of World War III. Communism soon ran its course in the end of the 20^th century. With the death of Mao and eventually the fall of the Soviet Union, communism was defeated.