Collapse of the Soviet Union
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- President Reagan argued that through a massive defense build-up, the United States would pressure the Soviet Union to continue to keep pace, which would ultimately deplete the Soviets of their resources.
- Soviet Union maintained an oppressive hold on political and cultural life within the Eastern Bloc, sparking a great deal of social discontent.
- Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985. To the surprise of most Soviets, Americans, and international observers, Gorbachev soon became one of the leaders that hastened the end of the Soviet Union.
- I am the leader now!
- The wall is destroyed
- The world watched in disbelief but with growing admiration as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan. The Berlin Wall was entirely destroyed by 1990. With varying degrees of violence and democracy, these Eastern European nations decided —and were allowed by the Soviets — that Communism no longer best served the needs of their citizens.
- In April 1.986, the worst environmental accident in world history happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, releasing a great deal of radioactive material into the Soviet Union and parts of Europe. The explosion, fire, and release of radiation affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people
- Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Communist Party and Soviet Government, and the Soviet Union was no longer a country; the former Soviet Union dissolved into 15 separate nations.
- I now resign from being Leader.
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