Kurds What led to SECTION6 U7: Collapse of Communism and the Soviet Union the fall of the Section overview Soviet Between 1970 and 1990, the Soviet Union broke up, and communist control of Eastern Union? Europe ended. During this period: The invasion of Afghanistan weakened the Soviet Gorbachev’s reforms led to the end of the Soviet Union. Communist governments fell in Eastern Europe. Ethnic divisions led to civil wars and the creation of new nations I. The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union (1991) A) Between 1989 and 1991, the Cold War ended and Communism disappeared from Europe. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Détente came to a sudden end with the invasion in 1979. The Soviet Union wanted to keep a procommunist gov’t in power there. This move convinced many in the West that the Soviet Union was still an aggressive force. C) Mikhail Gorbachev Explain the 1) He was the Soviet leader who helped bring an end to Communism in the meaning of Soviet Union. the political 2) Perestroika cartoon on this page. This was a program in Gorbachev changed the economy of the Soviet Union from a communist/command economy (where the government owns and operates businesses) to a market/capitalist/free enterprise economy (where individuals own and operate businesses. 3) Glasnost a) This was a program in which Gorbachev allowed freedom of speech within the Soviet Union. b) It was a major step towards democracy in the Soviet Union. SUMMARY D) Boris Yeltsin 1) He was the first democratically elected president in the history of Russia THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION
Kurds What led to the fall of the Soviet Union? Explain the meaning of the political cartoon on this page. SUMMARY SECTION6 U7: Collapse of Communism and the Soviet Union Section overview Between 1970 and 1990, the Soviet Union broke up, and communist control of Eastern Europe ended. During this period: The invasion of Afghanistan weakened the Soviet Gorbachev’s reforms led to the end of the Soviet Union. Communist governments fell in Eastern Europe. Ethnic divisions led to civil wars and the creation of new nations I. The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union (1991) A) Between 1989 and 1991, the Cold War ended and Communism disappeared from Europe. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Détente came to a sudden end with the invasion in 1979. The Soviet Union wanted to keep a procommunist gov’t in power there. This move convinced many in the West that the Soviet Union was still an aggressive force. C) Mikhail Gorbachev 1) He was the Soviet leader who helped bring an end to Communism in the Soviet Union. 2) Perestroika This was a program in Gorbachev changed the economy of the Soviet Union from a communist/command economy (where the government owns and operates businesses) to a market/capitalist/free enterprise economy (where individuals own and operate businesses. 3) Glasnost a) This was a program in which Gorbachev allowed freedom of speech within the Soviet Union. b) It was a major step towards democracy in the Soviet Union. D) Boris Yeltsin 1) He was the first democratically elected president in the history of Russia THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION
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