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
Because of anti-soviet and anticommunist movements in eastern Europe.
The 16 republics which formerly belonged to the USSR are now all independent nations.
The USSR
By the late 1980s the USSR could not compete with the USA in financial terms during the Cold War
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency
Leningrad reverted to it's original name of Saint Petersburg at the breakup of the USSR in 1991.
Because of anti-soviet and anticommunist movements in eastern Europe.
The 16 republics which formerly belonged to the USSR are now all independent nations.
The USSR
By the late 1980s the USSR could not compete with the USA in financial terms during the Cold War
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 contribute to
it helped them win the war. were it not for the Nazi racial policies, many of the countries in the USSR would have joined the Nazis and the USSR would have lost the war.
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency
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.
China and the USSR
They are Estonia and Latvia. Along with Lithuania (west of Latvia), they were annexed as republics by the Soviet Union after World War II. They gained independence again with the breakup of the USSR in 1991.