International Students Continue Their Acquaintance with the History of Russia

Traditionally, the lecture was held by Anastasia Strzhenovskaya, candidate of historical science, associate professor of the department of Russian language, of professional speech and international communication, curator of Uzbekistan community in Belgorod.

Students from abroad learned about the collapse of USSR and the establishment of a unipolar world. The lecturer informed the audience that the course of reforms and the new ideology of the Soviet party leadership were initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in 1985-1991.

“The beginning of perestroika is considered to be 1987. At the January plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, perestroika was declared as a new state course. The course caused a systemic crisis, an increase in separatist sentiments and a budget deficit”, Anastasia Dmitrievna said.

A historical note: The collspse of the USSR ended with the signing of the Belovezha Accords and the Declaration of Alma-Ata on December 8 and 21, 1991, which, respectively, established a confederal union of most of the former Soviet republics, the Commonwealth of Independent States. The result of the events was the establishment of a unipolar world: the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact (Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance from May 14, 1955 to July 1, 1991) and the NATO countries gaining a dominant position in the world.