(December 7, 2013 at 1:51 am)I and I Wrote: The Soviet Union was comprised of many countries that became poorer and life expectancy lowered after capitalists took over.
I'm assuming that you are referring to Khrushchev. Khrushchev was not a capitalist & he greatly improved the Soviet economy. He was the best damn thing to happen to the CCCP since Lenin! Certainly better than Stalin, who killed almost as many people as Hitler.