What are the origins of the Soviet Union? Why did it collapse?

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HOW WAS THE SOVIET UNION CREATED?

The Soviet Union was a country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia that was established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991. It was the largest country in the world by land area, and it was made up of 15 constituent republics. The Soviet Union was founded on the principles of communism, which is a political and economic ideology that advocates for the creation of a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the community as a whole.

The origins of the Soviet Union can be traced back to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Russian monarchy and established the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Russian Revolution was led by the Bolshevik Party, which was led by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin and the Bolsheviks implemented a series of radical social and economic reforms, including the nationalization of industry, the confiscation of…