With the failure of Gorbachev's reform, senior separatist officials headed by Yeltsin won the political struggle in the Soviet Union, Gorbachev quickly lost power and influence, and then announced his resignation in a televised speech. After assuming the leadership, Yeltsin quickly signed a presidential decree, allowing Russia to take over all the political legacy of the Soviet Union overseas and at home. The decline of the hammer and sickle flag seems to be a dream. Today, it seems that the disintegration of the Soviet Union is also an inevitable result.
1, the arms race is a serious drag on the economy.
Since the Cold War, both the Soviet Union and the United States have been engaged in an arms race, hoping to overwhelm each other by force. The Soviet Union has always given priority to heavy industry and seriously neglected the people's livelihood economy. In the early stage, the welfare of the Soviet people was very good. However, when the military expenditure excessively occupies the national income, the people's living standard drops seriously, and even things are strictly restricted. Moreover, the implementation of the rationing system and the stagnation of the economy also made the Soviet Union lose its motivation to move forward.
2. Over-centralized system.
Because the Soviet Union is a huge empire and its territory is too large, Moscow's control power cannot radiate to every corner of the Soviet Union. And there are many different nationalities in the Soviet Union. In order to bind everyone together, Stalin strictly restricted the democratic rights in various regions and made a big purge at every turn. This centralized system later evolved into an authoritarian system, and the participating countries had no right to speak at all and completely obeyed Moscow's instructions, which led to the separation of people's thoughts.
3. The privilege system at the top has lost people's hearts.
During Stalin's period, in order to win people's hearts, money was often given to high-level officials. Later, this phenomenon gradually became a practice. The upper class and their children have their own luxury houses, their own canteens and their own exclusive rations. When the lower class people are still queuing to squeeze into the supermarket, the upper class can enjoy imported high-grade food at will without paying any money. This privilege system has completely lost people's hearts and even violated the original intention of socialism.
The Soviet era is an enviable and frightening era. As Putin said, "whoever does not regret the disintegration of the Soviet Union will have no conscience; Anyone who wants to restore the Soviet Union in the past has no brains! "