MODERNISATION OF THE ARMOURED COMPONENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S GROUND FORCES IN THE YEARS 2015–2018. AN OUTLINE OF THE SUBJECT
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences quarterly
Year: 2019

Ten years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and a relatively short period of hegemony of the United States, a period of change led to a clear formation of a new polycentric geopolitical order. The theses about the "end of history" presented by Francis Fukuyama in 1989 did not evolve, although they confirmed closure of the Cold War era. In the first years of the 21st century, especially after the economic crises ( This was particularly true of Russia, which -since Vladimir Putin took power o