Then_And_Now

Then And Now Russia: Then and Now Russia or Russian federation, independent republic in Eastern Europe and northern Asia, the world’s largest country by area. Russia was once the largest and the most prominent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, or Soviet Union). In 1991 the USSR broke apart and Russia became an independent country. The USSR had a totalitarian political system in which the Communist Party leaders controlled all aspects of the government. The state used to own all the land, companies, and the government controlled production of goods and other aspects of the economy. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia began transforming itself into a more democratic society. Russia under went many changes since it became an independent country. Russia has gone through many struggles to rebuilt the country into a democratic political system and a to establish a free market economy to replace the strict system that was controlled by the communist party. Russia has made many successful changes: There have been free elections at all levels of government; private ownership of property has been legalized; and large segments of the economy are now privately owned. The transformation is far from complete. The transformation has russia, russian, country, government, system, soviet, political, party, union, new, world, ussr, state, president, federation, democratic, communist, russians, independent, economy, population, parties, members, duma, changes, been, became, years, society, russia’s, people, number, economic, council, constitutional