OPVL Secondary: Fall of the soviet union
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The online article "Fall of the Soviet Union" was last updated by Jason Hall on a web site for a Cold War Museum. The museum opened in 1996, in Warrenton, Virginia thanks to the founders, Francis Gary Powers Jr., and John C. Welch. This website serves as an online resource for information on the Cold War, and it is also condensed version of the Cold War Museum itself. It contains history articles from the 1940s to the 1990s, effectively dating important occasions relative to the Cold War. The online article “Fall of the Soviet Union” serves as background information important events leading to the end of Soviet Russia. It gives a detailed history of Soviet Russia’s origins, and brings us through their history until we reach Soviet Russia’s last ruler and downfall.
There is a great value in this online article because it is full of references to other time periods and incidents, allowing us to research further into the Cold War. This article’s bias is also very contained, there are no emotional adjectives that use a certain tone for a desired outcome. The article is based on facts, ensuring that the every word in the story it tells is precise and accurate.
A limitation of the article would be that it only features origins of Soviet Russia’s downfall and its effect on Soviet Russia. The article does not include anything on the effect the Union’s collapse had on countries. In the first paragraph of the article briefly mentioned is the Americans rejoicing at the fall of Soviet Russia, and nothing more throughout the article.
There is a great value in this online article because it is full of references to other time periods and incidents, allowing us to research further into the Cold War. This article’s bias is also very contained, there are no emotional adjectives that use a certain tone for a desired outcome. The article is based on facts, ensuring that the every word in the story it tells is precise and accurate.
A limitation of the article would be that it only features origins of Soviet Russia’s downfall and its effect on Soviet Russia. The article does not include anything on the effect the Union’s collapse had on countries. In the first paragraph of the article briefly mentioned is the Americans rejoicing at the fall of Soviet Russia, and nothing more throughout the article.