HIST 106 Lecture : Hist 106 Lecture 23.doc
28 Mar 2014
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Fall 1989 the world watches in amazement as the eastern bloc dissolves. The government is replaced by non communisms in peaceful fashions, excluding romania: soviets lose their monopoly of power in 1990. December 1991 ussr broken up into independent republics: the collapse was a long time coming, but came as a shock, the two year process of dissolution brought the biggest changes since 1945. Ideology could not suppress national interests and bitter resentment. Gorbachev: came into power after 21 years of old and corrupt leadership. Could feed itself, but couldn"t distribute food to the empire so they still imported grain. A lot of dissatisfaction with the system of shortages and rationing. The new generation of gorbachev and his advisors, were willing to experiment with market reforms: the soviet foreign policy. 1979 ussr invades afghanistan to rescue the communist government and begins a long distance guerrilla war.
