25 dez 1991 ano - Collapse of the Soviet Union

Descrição:

Gorbachev sought to relax some of the control of the nation through the policies of perestroika and glasnost.

-Perestroika: a relaxing of economic controls

-Glasnost: a relaxing of government control over society

-allowed greater freedom of speech and criticism of the government

-As communism fell in Eastern Europe, issues in the Soviet Union began to deteriorate

-some communists tried to take over Gorbachev to keep control, but it failed

-ended with: former republics gaining independence, Russia developed as a representative democracy, and US relationship with Russia continued to develop positively