The Cold War. Its stages and termination

The Cold War is a global military, geopolitical and economic confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, with the support of various allies on all sides. This confrontation continued for almost fifty years (from 1946 to 1991).

The Cold War was not a military battle in the literal sense. The basis for the debate was the ideology of the world's two most powerful states at that time. This opposition is characterized by scientists as a very deep contradiction between the socialist and capitalist system. Symbolical is the fact that the "cold war" began immediately after the end of the Second World War, as a result of which both countries remained winners. And since in the world then devastation prevailed, ideal conditions were created for planting many of the territories of their model of people's governance . But, unfortunately, the United States and the USSR at that time disagreed in their opinions, so each side wanted to get ahead of the rival and make it so that on a vast territory where people did not know what to believe and how to live, to plant their ideology as soon as possible. As a consequence, the people of the losers will trust the winner country and enrich it at the expense of their human and natural resources.

This confrontation is divided into the stages of the "cold war", among which one can distinguish the following:

- The beginning (1946-1953). This stage can be characterized as attempts by the USSR and the USA to hold the first events in Europe that would be aimed at planting their ideology. As a result, since 1948, the possibility of a new war has loomed over the world, so both states began to rapidly prepare for new battles.

- On the brink of nuclear war (1953-1962 gg.). During this period, the relationship between the opponents improved slightly and they even began to make friendly visits to each other. But at this time the European states, one by one, begin revolutions in order to lead their own country independently. The USSR actively began bombarding outbreaks of conflict to eliminate outrage. The US could not resolve such liberties to the enemy and themselves began to set up their air defense system. As a result, the relationship deteriorated again.

- The stage of detente (1962-1979 gg.). During this period, more conservative rulers came to power in the opposing countries, who did not particularly want to lead an active confrontation, which could well lead to war.

- A new round of confrontation (1979-1987 gg.). The next stage began after the Soviet Union brought troops into Afghanistan and several times knocked down foreign civil aircraft that flew over the state. These aggressive actions provoked the United States to the fact that they placed their missile installations on the territory of several European countries, which, naturally, was already exasperating the USSR.

- The coming to power of Gorbachev and the end of the confrontation (1987-1991). The new ruler of the USSR did not want to continue the struggle for ideology in other European countries. Moreover, his policy was aimed at eliminating the communist power, which was the ancestor of political and economic repression towards the United States.

The end of the cold war was marked by the fact that the Soviet Union made big concessions and did not particularly claim power in Europe, especially since the defeated countries had already moved away from the devastation and began to develop independently. The USSR began to experience a deep crisis, which led in December 1991 to the final disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Thus, the "cold war" did not bring a positive result to our state, but became one of the elements that led to the collapse of the great state.