Identify one field in which the Soviet Union lagged
behind the west.
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The major consequences of the disintegration of the USSR upon countries like India were: In the economic area, financial aid from Soviet to India almost dried due to the disintegration of the USSR. This was also one of the reasons for balance of payments crisis of India in 1991.
The economy was planned and controlled by the state.
Features of the Soviet system:
(i) The Soviet System was very bureaucratic and authoritarian.
(ii) Lack of democracy and the absence of freedom of speech.
The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev's power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
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