<human>:  Why did the Soviet Union have a special education system?
<bot>: The Soviet Union had a special education system because they had a special education system. The Soviet Union was a communist country, so they had a government-run education system. The Soviet Union was a part of the Soviet Bloc, which included countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and East Germany. The Soviet Union had a very large population, and the government wanted to make sure that every child was educated. They also wanted to make sure that the education was equal for all children.