dec 26, 1991 - Soviet Union dissolved

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Soviet Union ceded power over Eastern Europe and was dissolved in 1991.

Increasing resistance within the communist bloc -
- Hungarian Revolution (1956)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Although both were crushed by the Soviet - leadership but this did not stop oppositions from speaking out against the communist leadership

- Oppositions started to arise from the Soviet satellite states like Poland and Czechoslovakia to fight for a stronger economy
- Dissident movement against the Soviets were not new

- But the failure to resolve the economic
problems and the harsh treatment towards the
dissidents cost the USSR political legitimacy

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-Lack of consumer goods/ poor quality
- Harsh crackdown on dissidents

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