A Brief History of the USSR with Christopher C Knight

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics presided over much of Eastern Europe from 1922-1991. The United States of America’s chief enemy during the Cold War, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – or the USSR, as many call it – supported communist and socialist regimes in countries that were either created after the Second World War or in dire need of assistance rebuilding after the Second World War. Christopher Charles Knight, born 10 March 1973 has dedicated much of his life to philanthropy in the developing world, including countries that found themselves with their independence only after the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Christopher C Knight is here to give us a brief history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The first most notable leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was Vladimir Lenin. Vladimir Illyich Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. Lenin once wrote a pamphlet entitled What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement. He died in 1924 of a stroke. Vladimir Lenin was succeeded in power and prominence by Joseph Stalin.

Joseph Stalin was the Georgian born de facto leader of the Soviet Union. Famous for defeating Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Army, Joseph Stalin also perpetrated a variety of less than pleasant or socially acceptable things against his own people. Examples of Stalin’s less than positive actions include collectivization of land and labor, forced relocation of less desirable classes and the systematic extinction of anyone who dared defy Stalin.