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A 7 page research paper that examines the effects that the Great Patriotic War (WWII) had on the Soviet Union. The writer argues that it was this victory that convinced Stalin that the authoritarian policies of the 1930s were correct and provided him with justification for pursuing this sort of governance until his death. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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(Barber; Harrison 67). They were met with ferocious resistance. Against all odds, and after suffering tremendous losses and devastation, the Soviet Union emerged from World War II, with its
Allies, as victorious. It was a stunning victory for the leadership of the Soviet Union. Numerous factors contributed to the Soviet victory, and one of these was the way in
which the government had developed methods of direct mobilization of resources, which it had been developing for modernizing the Soviet economy before the war. While this direct mobilization of
resources proved to be extremely helpful in wartime, in the long run, it left the Russian leaders with some illusions that would eventually prove fatal to the Soviet Union. The
spectacular success that the Soviet command economy had during wartime persuaded the Communist Party leadership that such a command economy would succeed during peacetime as well (Christian 340). The consequence
of the victory over Nazi Germany was that it made an "archaic political and economic system" appear to be more successful than it actually was in reality (Christian 340).
Therefore, the Soviet leaders continued to support the "Stalinist" gamble of extensive growth for far too long (Christian 340). This course of action tended to hide the inherent flaws of
the command economy and discourage fundamental reform. "In this paradoxical way, the victory of 1945" prepared the way for the "defeat of 1991" (Chrisitan 340). An closer examination of the
impact of the Great Patriotic War on the Soviet economy and people demonstrates the truth behind the statement. The Soviet system survived the Great Patriotic War, but at a
terrible cost. When compared to the destruction that their allies suffered, or even compared to Germany, the Soviet people paid a far heavier price (Christian 340). Nine million died either
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