HIS 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Deng Xiaoping, Mikhail Gorbachev, Glasnost
17 Apr 2018
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Soviet union wants to make sure that the pro communism power stays in afghanistan. The soviet union starts to deploy army into afghanistan to fight against anti communist. The mujahindine (freedom fighters) calls a jihad. In 1985, mikhail gorbachev took over the leader of the soviet union. His first move was to pull the soviet troops out of afghanistan. They were: perestroika- this was an economic policy that hoped to stimulate the struggling command economy. The plan backfired causing inflation and shortages of food and medicine: glasnost- mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess(cid:863), glasnost ended censorship and encourages people to discuss openly the problems in the soviet union. Poland was going through harsh economic times. Solidarity- they eventually have over 1 million workers. Lech walesa- the leader of the solidarity group. The soviet union was terrified of this group. The polish workers remain committed to solidarity. So, the soviet union puts lech walesa in jail.
