Fall of the Soviet Union

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How did the economic system of the Soviet Union contribute to its collapse?

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The inefficiencies of central planning failed to meet basic needs.

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legalizing private ownership

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Perestroika

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ability to expose news of government corruption

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Glasnost

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decreased censoring of the media

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Glasnost

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Democratic elections

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Glasnost

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ending the price controls established by the government

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Perestroika

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Perestroika was...

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Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR

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What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?

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Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment

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Why did Gorbachev wish to reform the Soviet Union?

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He knew that Russia's expenditure on arms (weapons) was unsustainable

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After the fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?

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Break away from Soviet Union and become independent