jun 1, 1991 - Fall of Soviets

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- Mikhail Gorbachev- glasnost: political freedom, perestroika: free market
- Tear down this wall speech
- Reduce influence in E Europe and nations overthrow communists
- 1988 Soviet US agreement to eliminate INF
- Leave afghanistan
- 1991 attempted coup by hard lines unsuccessful
-> Gorbachev resigns

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