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The election of a Liberal leader in the Soviet Union
The downfall of Communism in some Eastern European countries
Gorbachev's policy of Perestroika The election of a liberal leader in the Soviet Union
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∙ 13y agoThe Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact simply fell apart. Primer Gorbachev took a vacation to the Black Sea. While he rested in his Dachau, three men tried to take over the government of the Soviet Union. They called for the army to assist them. The tank drivers refused to fire on the people. At that point the republics that made up the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact realized that if they declared their independence the Soviet Army would not invade them. At that point they became independent republics.
Other factors had been radio and television from the west. The border had never been completely sealed. Fishing boats smuggled in a lot of goods and magazines.
Russia has a large Muslim population that must visit Mecca. We consider Arabia backward. They saw paradise.
Smugglers boats constantly ply the Black Sea.
Russia had hard cash stores that only took western money. The average Russian could not buy good merchandise in them. Only someone with Dollars, Sterling, or Deutsch Marks could shop there. Only officials.
The average citizen knew he did not live in a workers paradise. He was not willing to fight to keep the system going. He was ready to stand up to the military.
Thus, when the military approached the parliament building, thousands of citizens stood in front of the tanks. The tank drivers were not willing to kill to preserve the system. The people were willing to die to destroy it.
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∙ 12y agoIt started with Gorbachev's reforms of Prestroika and Glastnost in which the public were allowed to criticise the government and look into historical archives of the USSR and see the true horrors and failures Lenin and others that followed, brought. It collapsed in 1991 with the election of Boris Yeltsin.
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∙ 13y agothe iran-contra affair
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Because of anti-soviet and anticommunist movements in eastern Europe.
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Hich did not help contribute to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency
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Because of anti-soviet and anticommunist movements in eastern Europe.
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What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help to contribute to the start of the civil war?
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
How did SDI contribute to the collapse of the USSR?
By the late 1980s the USSR could not compete with the USA in financial terms during the Cold War
Hich did not help contribute to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency
Where did every republic move after the breakup of the soviet union?
The 16 republics which formerly belonged to the USSR are now all independent nations.
What country helped Castro during the revolution?
The USSR
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