There are many factors which shaped the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union and consequently the Communist regime that ruled it. Although, under the leadership of Stalin, the USSR emerged as a monolithic superpower, it can be argued that it never attained stability throughout the course of its existance. The rudimentary socialist principles by which it was founded manifested an opposition to the competition that capitalism encompassed. Yet under Stalin the Cold War emerged ensuring …showed first 75 words of 2044 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2044 total…under the name of 'Interregional Group' with its members including names such as Boris Yeltsin. By the Twenty-Eighth Party Congress in 1990 it was widely regarded by the general public, liberals and intellectuals that the CPSU was archaic and unable to control the country. For the past seven decades, the Party had been what had held the Soviet Union together, with their authority undermined the bordering republics also began to pull farther away from the Union.