collapse of soviet union
purpose
The purpose of this section is to analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weaknesses of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to the Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and non-Russian Soviet Republics. The subsections are about:
- The Nikita Khrushchev subsection is about Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died.
- The Leonid Brezhnev subsection is about Leonid Brezhnev, the leader of the Soviet Union that succeeded Khrushchev.
- The Mikhail Gorbachev subsection is about Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union.
- The Collapse of the Soviet Union subsection is about how the Soviet Union had failed.
- The Glasnost subsection is about the policy that increased the transparency of the Soviet Union government.
- The Perestroika subsection is about the political movement for reformation in Soviet Union.