The Soviet model In terms of military affairs, the pros and cons of the Soviet model

Before its disintegration, the Soviet Union's military strength was second only to that of the United States, and by the end of 1991, the Soviet army was divided into four major theaters: the Far East, the South, the Southwest, and the West, and the strategic direction of independence in the northwest. The whole army is organized into 13 military regions, 4 major fleets, 3 foreign clusters, and the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia.

The core of the Soviet model of a planned economic system is "high accumulation and low consumption", an idea that most economists scoff. Because there are many sequelae of this system and the disadvantages in the future. Moreover, what a planned economy has never wanted was economic prosperity and prosperity, but an economic foundation and strong national strength.

So economists are generally critical.

However, in a certain political, economic, and strategic environment, this model of "high accumulation and low consumption" is a very clever strategic move and a very far-sighted move. In less than 20 years, the Soviet Union rapidly transformed from a backward agricultural empire into a powerful industrial country with a strong industrial base and the second most powerful industrial country in the world.

In the first half of the 20th century, the entire Comintern movement flourished, and the Soviet model became a model for many countries in Eastern Europe and Asia to emulate, and the cause of socialism flourished and its insurmountable flaws.

The so-called Soviet model refers to a socialist political, economic, ideological and diplomatic system established in the Soviet Union in the 30s. The basic characteristic is that priority is given to the development of heavy industry, neglect of light industry and agriculture, and to the development of military industry in heavy industry. This military rivalry has largely weakened its investment in civilian industries, and the economy is gradually showing signs of recession.

1. Ignoring electronic technology.

2. Tanks lack humanized design and emphasize high mass production.

3. Production emphasizes quantity.

4. The battle is mainly based on crowd tactics.

5. The Navy neglects the construction of aircraft carriers.

6. Failure to catch up with the trend of the information age in time.

To put it simply, the Soviet leaders frantically developed their military in order to deter the people internally and dominate the world externally.

The Soviet model has three peculiarities:

One is a highly centralized political system;

second, a highly centralized economic system;

The third is a highly centralized cultural system.

This model has great historical merits, which are manifested in the following aspects:

First, it provides lessons for future generations to learn from the successes and failures.

secondly, after short-term efforts, the Soviet Union was transformed from a backward agricultural country into a modern industrial country;

third, defeated the fascists and won the anti-fascist war;

Fourth, the Soviet model not only became a model for other socialist countries after that, but also had a major impact on capitalist countries. For example, during Roosevelt's New Deal, the planning component of his economic policy was partly borrowed from the experience of the Soviet Union.

At the same time, this model also has many drawbacks, which are manifested in:

First, there is a high degree of political centralization, which undermines democratic centralism and the prevalence of bureaucracy, resulting in bureaucrats at all levels obeying orders from above, and the party detached itself from the masses and losing its vitality.

Second, the economy rejects the market mechanism and the law of value, and the enterprise has no initiative and loses its vitality, resulting in high investment and low efficiency;

Third, the highly centralized cultural system stifles academic democracy and is full of dogmatism, academic research is limited to interpreting Stalin's discourse, and there is little re-argument to speak of, and academic research as a whole lags behind the West except for military science.

Fourth, in its relations with fraternal parties, the CPSU regarded itself as the Lao Tzu Party and demanded that other socialist countries completely follow the example of the Soviet Union.