End of the cold war Flashcards
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Causes
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Gorbachev’s policies of Perestroika and Glasnost allowed criticism of Communism in Eastern Europe
• Gorbachev’s withdrawing of troops in Eastern Europe to save money, meant protests/revolutions were harder to put down than before
2
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Key features
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall came to symbolise the end of the Cold War.
Communist governments are defeated in ‘free elections’ all over Eastern Europe.
As the Eastern Bloc disintegrated the Warsaw Pact could no longer survive.
3
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Effects
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• In Russia senior government officials known as the ‘Gang of Eight’ try to seize power
• Gorbachev officially announced the dissolution of the USSR on 25th
December 1991
