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  1. Apr 15, 2024 · Collapse of the Soviet Union, sequence of events that led to the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. on December 31, 1991. The reforms implemented by President Mikhail Gorbachev and the backlash against them hastened the demise of the Soviet state.

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  2. The dismantling of the Soviet Union had many long-lasting effects on the global economy and the region’s foreign trade. Its downfall increased the United States’ influence as a global power and created an opportunity for corruption and crime in Russia.

  3. From a literal wall in Berlin to the figurative “iron curtain” its territories created, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union is a dramatic story of the barriers we build and unbuild with ideological tools.

  4. 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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  5. In the end, far from strengthening Communism, Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (official openness) led, inadvertently, to the collapse of the Soviet regime and the unraveling of the Soviet state.

  6. Aug 30, 2022 · The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union. By Reuters. August 30, 20223:38 PM PDTUpdated 2 years ago. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev shakes hands with Russian President Boris...

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