How did the Soviet Union break up?

Answer 1

The Soviet Union disintegrated because of revived attacks on the Communist party. Republics in the Balkans declared themselves independent as other countries began to secede, too. Gorbachev resigned from his seat after surviving a coup and Yeltsin took over as president.

Answer 2

The satelite states and the Berlin Wall started braking apart in 1989, but on December 21st, 1991, the people of Ukraine and Belerus voted for indipendance, witch was the official end of the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

This is not a simple question.. There are key areas which you could look into.

1) Economic Stability

2) Nationalism

3) Change of Government notably Gorbachev and his Prerestroika and Glasnov Policies

4)Religion notable in Poland especially with the appointment of the Archbishop of Warsaw as Pope

5) Long term causes - Stalin, Brezhnev, Reagan's spending spree notably the Star Wars project, the end of Detente and differences in living standards.

Hope this helps but to answer your question fully would take a long protracted essay

Answer 4

It dissolved cause of economic reasons