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Gorbachev, Glasnost and the Soviet Collapse
Reasons for the end of the Soviet Union, 1980s–1990s
What this note covers
- The Brezhnev Legacy: Structural Stagnation as the Root Cause
- Gorbachev's Reform Programme: Glasnost and Perestroika
- Nationalist Movements and the Centrifugal Crisis of the Soviet Republics
- The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Collapse of the Eastern Bloc (1989)
- The 1991 Coup Attempt and Its Aftermath
- The Formal Dissolution of the USSR: December 1991
- Historiographical Perspectives and QCAA Analytical Framework
7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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