Monday, May 5, 2008

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.

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