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destalinazation
Stalin's death marked the start of destalination. This meant that they would relax some of the restrictions -
Four Power
Agreement that Brezhnev agreed too to help Berlin to rebuild. Soviet Union was the first power to sign between France, Great Britian, and The United States. -
SALT
SALT standing for Strategic arms limitation talks. They ended with a signed agreement between the US and USSR to limit the number of nuclear weapons in their arsenal. -
Afghan war
The Soviet Unition try to conquer Afghanistan. They lost too many men and lost too much money. This caused them to retreat because they realized they would never win. -
Gorbachev
Inherited a declining Soviet unition and knew that things needed to be changed. introduced Glasnost and Perestroika ideas to get the Soviet economy competing with the rest of the world. -
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Glasnost
Glasnost was when the Soviet Union became more open. The Soviet citizens were allowed to access the western world which started democratizing movement. -
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Perestroika
Perestroika is when the Soviet Union started to become more capitalist. They started allowing private farms and small businesses. This also allowed foreign investment into the Soviet Union exposing the Soviet Union to more democracy. -
Velvet Revolution
A non-violence protest against the communist party in Czechoslovakia. This was because they wanted to break away and become democratic. -
Mircale year
This marked the collapse of the Eastern bloc of the Soviet Union. Countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania became free from the Soviet Union. -
Democratization
This is when countries in Eastern Europe wanted to become democratic and wanted to break away from the Soviet Union. This was one of the major factors to the end of the Soviet Union. -
Malta Summit
This summit was a meeting between Goerge H.W. Bush and Gorbachev after the fall of the berlin wall separating East Berlin and West Berlin. -
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine put pressure on the USSR. The purpose of the doctrine was the overwhelm the influence of the Soviet Union in the world.