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  1. Dec 3, 2020 · Of the many factors leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union, a rapidly failing post World War II economy and weakened military, along with a series of forced social and political reforms like perestroika and glasnost, played major roles in the fall of the mighty Red Bear.

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  2. Apr 5, 2024 · This article provides an overview of the social, political and economic issues that contributed to the Soviet Union's collapse. Specifically, we will examine five different factors that eroded the foundations of Communist Russia.

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  3. Apr 17, 2018 · Some blame Mikhail Gorbachev for the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the economy and political structure were already in deep decay.

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    • Gorbachev’s reforms. Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet leader in 1985 after his two immediate predecessors died in quick succession. Relatively young by comparison (he was the first leader to have been born after the Russian Revolution), Gorbachev was quite literally a fresh-faced reformer.
    • The Sinatra Doctrine. Prior to Gorbachev, the Soviet Union adhered to the Brezhnev Doctrine. Named after former leader Leonid Brezhnev, this was a pledge to aggressively intervene if socialist/communist rule in any state was under threat.
    • The Soviet-Afghan War. Throughout its final decade in existence, the Soviet Union was embroiled in a military mess in Afghanistan. The conflict had its roots in a Marxist-Leninist revolution that had taken place there in 1978.
    • Chernobyl. The Chernobyl disaster is remembered as the worst nuclear accident in history, causing numerous fatalities and turning the nearby community of Pripyat into an eerie ghost city.
  4. Feb 25, 2011 · The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the...

  5. Dec 22, 2016 · The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) was forged by a band of left-wing radicals, the Bolsheviks, who led an armed attack on the Russian government in February 1917, storming the...

  6. Dec 24, 2021 · On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union, we asked historians, economists and political analysts why it happened, and what lessons it holds for Russia’s future.

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