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The collapse of the Soviet Union during the cold war

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Collapse of the soviet union

The soviet union was created in 1922 when a treaty was signed by Russia, Transcaucasia

(modern Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) Belarus and Ukraine. At the top of its power, the

soviet union was made up of 15 countries before it collapsed. The collapse of the union began in

the 1980s and on December 25th in 1991 the union collapsed leaving each of the 15 states was

gone independent(History, nd). The collapse of the union marked the end of the cold war

between the united states and Russia. The cold war had begun earlier before the world war II

when Russia invited eastern nations into the soviet union to consolidate power in the east to

establish itself has the superpower(Norwich,2016).The collapse of the union can be credited to

decades of corruption and poor decisions by its leaders which ultimately led to the destruction of

the once mighty soviet union. This paper will discuss the events which led to the collapse of

the Soviet Union during the cold war.

To understand how the soviet union collapsed it is essential to look at its political

ideologies. The communist union government when it was created began has a socialist state and

later transitioned to communism. Before its collapse, the government had transformed to a

totalitarian regime in which communist leaders had complete control of everything, and there

was no freedom of speech. By the time that Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1985, the country

was in deep political problems due to the political ideologies which the union was

practicing(Cold war, nd). Another issue that the union was facing at that time was a declining

economy since a corrupt government controlled all aspects of the economy. To improve the

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Running head: THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION 1 The collapse of the Soviet Union during the cold war Student Name Institutional Affiliation Running head:THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION 2 Collapse of the soviet union The soviet union was created in 1922 when a treaty was signed by Russia, Transcaucasia (modern Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) Belarus and Ukraine. At the top of its power, the soviet union was made up of 15 countries before it collapsed. The collapse of the union began in the 1980s and on December 25th in 1991 the union collapsed leaving each of the 15 states was gone independent(History, nd). The collapse of the union marked the end of the cold war between the united states and Russia. The cold war had begun earlier before the world war II when Russia invited eastern nations into the soviet union to consolidate power in the east to establish itself has the superpower(Norwich,2016).The collapse of the union can be credited to decades of corruption and poor decisions by its leaders which ultimately led to the destruction of the once mighty soviet union. This paper will discuss the events which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union during the cold war. To understand ...
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