Communism Collapse in the USSR Flashcards
1
Q
When did Communism collapse in the Soviet Union
A
1991
2
Q
Mikhail Gorbachev
A
Soviet leader who helped bring an end to Communism in the Soviet Union
3
Q
Perestroika
A
a program in which Gorbachev changed the economy of the Soviet Union from a communist to a capitalist economy
4
Q
Glasnost
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a program in which Gorbachev allowed freedom of speech within the Soviet Union
(Democracy)
5
Q
Boris Yeltsin
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first democratically elected president in the history of Russia