a 8 russian soviet history - comparrison ussr vs. us
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NOAH’S ARK RUSSIAN/ SOVIET HISTORY US CONDITIONS VS. USSR
Joe Boisvert - Instructor
US vs. USSR
USSR War Dead 8 Million
plus Stalin’s Purges 40 to
90 Million over 30 plus years
Population 138,739,892
War Fought on Soviet Soil Most Cities Greatly Damaged
USA War Dead ~425,000 No Purges Coming out of the
Depression before the war
War not fought of US Soil
No major damage in US
1945 -1950
USSR Large Soviet Army
taking over Eastern Europe
Scientist and Spies Developing Atomic Bomb
Communist System Crumbling
Infrastructure/ roads, trains airports/ cities/ bridges/ cars
US After Surrender of
Japan US Army going home
Developed Atomic Bomb during War
No Infrastructure problems quite the opposite/ manufacturing and ship and plane building strong
1950
USSR Strong Army, weak
consumer economy Housing Shortages Food Shortages Stalin Still in Power
Purges continue, Gulags Continue
High number of German Prisoners
Spies Everywhere
US Smaller Army, Strong
Nuclear Threat Housing Boom, new
house every 16 minutes in US – Levittown – Growth of Suburbs
Most Prisoners sent back to Germany
Some Scientist encouraged to stay
Spying Still in Place
1945-1987
USSR Literacy almost 100% Life Expectancy after fall
of Communalism 60 Low birth rate Over 65 years of age only
half as many men as woman
Largest Land Mass in the World – to cold to dry little access to ocean ports
138,739,892 people in 2011
US Literacy 99% note only
means people 15 and above who can read and write at some level
Life Expectancy 78.7 Birth rate after the war
Baby Boomer year 300 births an hour
Half the Size of Russia, good weather lots of water ports
Population 313,232,044 in 2011