1 gen 1985 anni - Chernenko > Gorbachev

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|1985|

Sooooo....

The soviet union was on a downward spiral. The costs of...
- The Arms Race
- Afghanistan
- Keeping control of the Satellite States (as promised by the 1968 Brezhnev Doctrine).
...Were piling up and the economy was on a collision course for collapse (one reason being the low quality of goods produced due to the lack of industrial competition).

To save the soviet union from collapse, Brezhnev saw a need to:
- End the arms race to reduce arms expendeture
- Pull out of Afghanistan
- Abandon the Brezhnev Doctrine
- Introduce a competitive industry in order to increase intensive

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