It all depends on your personal beliefs now and days. some people believe it started from a bang, others believe that God from the bible created everything, and others believe that there are multiple gods that created the universe and everything. I say you do some research and figure out which of the hundreds of tales you believe.
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the were several reasons for USSR decline.
1. the Economic Breakdown. USSR could not manage the economy well it put a lot of burden on its slow growing economy. their expenditure were more then their revenues. it was in proxy wars in various regions which proved costly to it.
2. Arms and Nuclear Race. USSR was in competition with USA in arms and nuclear race which was very expensive at that time with not developed technology. it burdened the economy more. it was not a success at first, many attempts were made to get success
3. Ideology. USSR's Ideology was the other reason for its decline. because their policies were very rigid and harsh. the decisions were carried out single highhandedly supreme leader. ideology (Communism) was very harsh and repressive.
4. harsh control and brutal policies lead to weak control of the other States so in DEC,1991 Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 countries.
<span>The answer is electing the head of government</span>
It was a period of new ideas and thoughts. It was considered as an enlightenment