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‘By the end of the twentieth century the international reputation of the USSR as a socialist country had declined. Explain the statement.
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- USSR was the global face of socialism by the outbreak of the Second World War .
- By the 1950s the style of government in the USSR was not keeping with the ideals of the Russian Revolution .
- USSR was considered a backward country that become a great power .
- It had denied essential freedoms to its citizens .
- By the end of the twentieth century , the international reputation of the USSR as a socialist country had declined.
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- By the time of the outbreak of the Second World War , the USSR had given socialism a global face and world stature .
- Yet by the 1950s it was acknowledged within the country that the style of government in the USSR was not keeping with the ideals of the Russian Revolution . In the world socialist movement too, it was recognised that all was not well in the Soviet Union .
- A backward country had become a great power . Its industries and agriculture had developed and the poor were being fed .
- But it had denied essential freedoms to its citizens and carried out its developmental projects through repressive policies .
- By the end of the twentieth century , the international reputation of the USSR as a socialist country had declined though it was recognised that socialist ideals still enjoyed respect among its people.
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