when mikhail gorbachev became the leader of the soviet union in 1985, life in the soviet union began...
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When Mikhail Gorbachev becamethe leader of the Soviet Union in1985, life in the Soviet Union began to change.
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Gorbachev wanted change.He wanted to reform Soviet society.
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Gorbachev implemented anew policy known as
Glasnost or “Openness”.
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Under Glasnost, freedom ofspeech and press wereencouraged. This was
unheard of in Stalin’s time.
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Gorbachev also wanted to make the Soviet economy
more efficient.
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Under Gorbachev’s Perestroika,economic restructuring occurred.Citizens were able to set up their own businesses.
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Greater efficiency was encouragedin factories as workers were
rewarded for increased output.
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Gorbachev also abandonedBrezhnev’s, a former Soviet
leader’s, policy that the Soviet Union had the right
to interfere in satellite countries.
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Gorbachev’s policies of Glasnostand Perestroika produced manychanges.
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Poland, a former Soviet satellite, elected a non-communist government in 1989 led bySolidarity and Lech Walesa.
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In 1990, the Berlin Wall wastorn down.
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Russia, Ukraine, and other
republics declared independence.
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With all of these changes, theSoviet Union collapsed in 1991.
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Of course, without a Soviet Union,the Cold War ended.
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While the collapse of theSoviet Union brought manypositive changes, problems
also arose.
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Transitioning to a free marketeconomy has been difficult.Unemployment and crimehave increased.