Decline of the Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev

Division of Germany

Ronald Reagan Reagan-571434

"evil empire"

Gave military aid to the Afghan rebels to help maintain a war that the Soviet Union could not win.

He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union.

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General Secretary of the communist party
of the Soviet Union, from 1985-1991.

Berlin Wall Berlin Wall

Ethnic Tension caucasus-political-map

92 ethnic groups

Nationalistic movements

Capitalism

West Berlin supported by U.S., France, and Great Britain

Soviet Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan all called for independence.

East Germany conflicted with east due to communist beliefs

Joseph Stalin

Economy economy

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Was the General Secretary of the Central Commitee.

Collapse freed people to be able to emigrate

Young people were disappointed with progress in East

Reached a point of no growth, moreso decline