Now Turkmenistan is one of the most closed countries in the world.
About Russia: The Facts: Capital:.
In this period 1918-1919 industrial enterprises, foreign and domestic trade were nationalized.
Cabinet, was charged with implementing the decisions of the Communist Party.
The Soviet Union suffered enormously during World War 2, with perhaps 20 million lives lost.
The continued weakening of Communist Party control over the country eventually led hardliners within the party to stage a coup to force Gorbachev from power in August of 1991.