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... The collapse of the USSR is an event and of course it had its own reasons. Although the diplomatic mistakes, the wrongness of the economical system are focused, nationalism is one of the main reasons. Because nationalism was caused by the historical, environmental and political reasons so it is the effect (which occurred as a result of the effects which were mentioned above). ... It is clear that nationalism played a very important role in collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Sunny stresses the development and creation of nationalism within the Soviet Union as the main cause of its collapse. This nationalism, he states, is built on common interests, imagined communities (loaned from Benedict Anderson), rituals, symbols, flags, songs, collective events and the expression of goals. Sunny claims that, “Especially under Lenin, the development of nationalism was encouraged in the Soviet Union which lead to inner conflict and desire for the new nations to break free from the Diets, from Russians rule” (www. ... com book review, Sunny, the Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union). The important points are Why did USSR had collapsed and USA did not if it is mostly related with nationalism? ... The most important point about the collapse of the USSR is nationalism. Although nationalism exists in all countries, the wrong policies of nationalism (Russification) done by the USSR governments caused the whole Soviet Union to collapse. ... Lenin believed nationalism would disappear under communism and a Soviet people would emerge.
Approximate Word count = 1212
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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