3 SALT I, 1972 4 Yom Kippur War, 1973 – – 5 Nixon’s Second Visit to Moscow, 1974 6 Space Link-up – – 7 The Helsinki Agreements, 1974 8 After Helsinki – – 9 SALT II, 1974 10 Effects of SALT II – – Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking Between 1982-5 there were 4 different leaders of the Soviet Union and had been unsettled. Mikhail Gorbachev became the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. However, it was never his intention to undermine communism and rather, he hoped to be Communism’s saviour. Gorbachev’s thinking’ ‘new Gorbachev himself recognised that communism in Russia many problems. The economy was not nearly as efficient as the American economy. While Americans in the 1980s enjoyed an excellent standard of living, everyday life in Russia was dominated by shortages. For example, it was not uncommon for housewives in Moscow to queue for up to five hours simply to get a packet of sausages.
3 – SALT I, 1972 4 – Yom Kippur War, 1973 5 – Nixon’s Second Visit to Moscow, 1974 6 – Space Link-up 7 – The Helsinki Agreements, 1974 8 – After Helsinki 9 – SALT II, 1974 10 – Effects of SALT II Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking Between 1982-5 there were 4 different leaders of the Soviet Union and had been unsettled. Mikhail Gorbachev became the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. However, it was never his intention to undermine communism and rather, he hoped to be Communism’s saviour. Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’ Gorbachev himself recognised that communism in Russia many problems. The economy was not nearly as efficient as the American economy. While Americans in the 1980s enjoyed an excellent standard of living, everyday life in Russia was dominated by shortages. For example, it was not uncommon for housewives in Moscow to queue for up to five hours simply to get a packet of sausages.
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