The Fall of the Soviet Union Before you can understand the fall of the Soviet Union, you need to know how the nation and leaders came into being, and the location of the country and the period of his kingdom. How did the Soviet Union come into being? Throughout the 1900s the Soviet Union was involved in a vast number of conflicts, all because they wanted to spread communism. Subsequently, the rampant spread of communism and Soviet ideals impacted World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Under the authoritarian control of Russian leaders, the budget for the army and various sectors shows that the Soviet Union has failed in its existence. The Russian Empire began to disintegrate in 1917 following the Bolshevik Revolution. After the Russian tsars were forced to resign, the government of Alexander Kerensky came to power. However, in November 1917, led by VI Lenin, Kerensky's government was overthrown. Thus began the rise of the Soviet Union and the spread of communism in Europe. The United States had been an ally of the Soviet Union, and the alliance did not deepen until the 1920s. By 1930, the Soviet Union was America's largest buyer of agricultural equipment. Before that, the Soviet government had debts of $600 million; as a result, President Roosevelt held a conference with the leaders of the Soviet Union to discuss debt issues. Until World War II, Russia posed no threat to the United States because they had been defeated in the early 1900s. Britain and the United States tried as much as possible to limit Soviet power because they knew the nation's capabilities. The Soviet Union at the Yalta conference laid out its plans that were to spread… middle of paper… cut and focused on the things that needed to be fixed. After the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States became economically prosperous but the national debt had increased due to the war. The national debt incurred by the country years earlier increased from an astonishing $994 billion to a value of more than $2.9 trillion. The positive cultural aspect of Americans has changed; the sale and distribution of illegal drugs increased, the crime rate increased, and the social class gap opened. On the side of the Soviet Union, Russia was once again a country and for a while no longer threatened the security of Americans. Currently, Ukraine and Russia are on the brink of war over a part of Ukraine that Russia wants. The imperialistic motivations at the heart of the Soviet Union are still evident due to what happens around individuals.