The Soviet Union Promotes Rapid Technological Development in the Communist Ideology

The Soviet Union Promotes Rapid Technological Development in the Communist Ideology

Overview

In the early twentieth century, Russia and her republics experienced tremendous political and cultural upheaval with the installation of socialism and the rise to power of the Communist Party. The ideology of Communism greatly affected the scientific community, and technology in particular, as Lenin and then Stalin attempted to shape most scientific disciplines into applicable ideas that would further Soviet society. Overall, the era of the Soviet Union had a detrimental effect on the whole scientific community, depriving Russia of some of its top scientists and systematically censoring certain scientific disciplines deemed too "esoteric" for application. Nevertheless, some sciences thrived in the socialist regime. Russian technology, in particular, was especially progressive and made great strides during World War II and the Cold War, initially relying on American styles of manufacturing and industrial design. Eventually though, as the Stalin-led Soviet Union closed itself to the rest of the world, science and technology was handicapped by a ban on the free exchange of ideas. Even today, Russia struggles with a bank of talented scientists working in ill-funded, poorly equipped research institutions.

Background

At the turn of the century, Russia suffered severe political unrest in a society that was marked by extreme privilege and terrible poverty.

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