Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev was born March 2, 1930. Mikhail Gorbachev opened the Soviet Union and paved the way for the end of Communism by adding more churches. Gorbachev wanted people in the society to find ways to make their society better. His idea included Glasnost. Glasnost occurred in 1985 in which he encouraged Soviet’s citizen to find ways to improve their society, which included economy and political problems. To improve and open the Soviet Union he wanted to hear people opinion and how they can make their society better. Another idea he used was Perestroika. It was an idea to change economic and political system.

Collapse of Communism

During 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union. The cold war had ended. The Diplomats finally had the chance to enter the Soviet Union without military support. When Communism fell, there was less of a need for concern about nuclear destruction.

Communism proved to be a weaker economic system than capitalism and it eventually collapsed. One reason the collapse of communism occurred was that communism treated everyone the same, so everybody gets paid the same amount for different types of jobs. This was not fair for the people who had better jobs because they get paid the same as people working below them. Another reason collapse of communism occurred was people started to go against it.

The Berlin wall, an enormous formation dividing East and West Germany. East Germany was a Communist and disallowed anyone to cross. The Wall eventually came down, on November 9, 1989. After 28 years, east and West Germany could finally form new diplomatic relations. When the Berlin Wall came down this was the sign that showed that Collapse of Communism had happened. The collapse of communism changed the world because after the wall came down the people can go visit their family in East or West. People got paid based on their jobs.