The economy was starting to get worse, drugs and stds were becoming common, gorbachevs reforms really were the biggest factor.
USSR or Soviet.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet union or USSR
now known as Russia! USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...also known as the soviet union.
It can be traced after they left Afghanistan after 9 years of a costly war. From that point on the Soviet Union was on a steady decline and never recovered.
The USSR is an abbreviation of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
USSR stands for : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and the Soviet Union are different names for the same thing. It's like how another name for the United States of America is USA.
The Soviet Union, or USSR.
The Soviet Union / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / USSR
The Soviet Union (USSR, or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
No, the Soviet Union (USSR) was never at war with Cuba. From the time of Cuban Revolution (1959) until the dissolution of the USSR (1992) Cuba and the USSR were allies.