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| Case Code: CLIBE025 |
| Case Length: 3 pages |
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| Pub Date: 2005 |
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| Subject :Business Environment |
| Price:Rs.50 |
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Russia's Struggle for Existence * |
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| The caselet explains the problems faced by Russia under different leaders. It takes a look at why different reforms initiatives failed. The caselet also delves into the initiatives taken up by the president, Vladimir Putin, to develop Russia. |
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- Increase in resentment between Soviet Union and U.S.
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- Reasons for dissolution of Soviet Union.
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- Affects of cold war between Soviet Union and the US.
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- Formation of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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The death of Soviet leader, Josef Stalin, in 1953 saw a fierce power struggle that culminated in Nikita S. Khrushchev (Khrushchev) assuming sole leadership of the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev denounced Stalin's practice of using terror to remain in power and eased authoritarian control over his party associates and over the society. However, Khrushchev's reforms in agriculture and administration failed to reap the expected results and even his foreign policy toward China and the US backfired.
As a result, he was removed from power in 1964. The Soviet Union's foreign policy...
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1. Critically examine the different political situations that prevailed in Russia under different rulers from Stalin to Putin.
2.Putin had to deal with many problems in his drive to modernize Russia and strengthen the country's economy. Discuss. |
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East Bloc, West Bloc, Cold War, KGB, CIA, collective leadership, glasnost, perestroika, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), market economy, pseudo-market economy, GDP
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