USSR named one of the five greatest superpower of all time, says The National Interest . The top five also included the American Journal of Roman, Mongol and British empires. In addition, the list includes the United States.
The article emphasizes that the world may know a lot of great empires, while the list of the superpowers was shorter. The state is much more difficult to become a superpower and maintain this status, since it takes an overwhelming superiority over all rivals, according to the material.
Perhaps it was inevitable that a country of this size and with such resources as the Soviet Union, become a superpower, says the note. USSR inherited most of its population and territory of the Russian Empire, the newspaper writes, adding that a huge army ground, supported by nuclear weapons, it was impossible to defeat in the confrontation with the use of conventional weapons. Geopolitical advantage of the USSR forced many in the West fear that whoever controlled the Eurasian Center, he was able to control Eurasia and thus the whole world, stresses in the material.
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