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The Fall of the Communist World (Fall of the Berlin wall (1989, open…
The Fall of the Communist World
The Soviet-Afghan war
The afghan rebels were called the Mujahideen. The U.S supported the afghans to contain communism from spreading.
The soviet union supported the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
the war occurred on dec 24, 1979
The soviets invaded afghanistan because there was a rebellion by the Mujahideen
The war made the soviet military look weak and not invincible
The U.S responded by giving aid to the Mujahadeen
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ended the war because it was so costly in troops and in money
Perestroika and Glasnost
They had free speech, can open businesses
Citizens could open businesses and more productivity in factories was rewarded
Glasnost means "openness"
Soviet satellites could elect their own governments
Gorbachev wanted to reform the soviet union.
Mikhail Gorbachev came into power in 1985
Fall of the Berlin wall
1989, open borders between the Soviet union and the west
1990, germany officially reunited
1987, Ronald Reagan gave a speech for Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall
The speech from Ronald Reagan and the beginning of the collapse of the soviet union
The wall symbolized the oppressive nature of the soviet union
The wall collapsed on November 9, 1989
The Berlin Wall was built to prevent people from the soviet union defecting to west berlin
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The Fall of the Soviet Union
Perestroika and Glasnost backfired because small doses of capitalism didn't work with the communism russia had
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