-
Voting Reforms by Gorbachev
Gorbachev institutes reforms in voting, allowing Soviet citizens to vote for people other than Communist Party members, but the Communist Party of the Soviet Union suffers minimal loss in the elections. -
Period: to
Fall of the Soviet Union
-
The Last Leader of The Soviet Union
ColdWarMuseum.com•By the time of the 1985 rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, the country was in a situation of severe stagnation, with deep economic and political problems which sorely needed to be addressed and overcome. -
Armenian Massacres over Freedom of Speech
In February 1988, when the government in Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian region in the Azerbaijan SSR, passed a resolution calling for unification with the Armenian SSR. Violence against local Azerbaijanis was reported on Soviet television, provoking massacres of Armenians in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. -
Glasnost
Glasnost- 1988 would see Gorbachev's introduction of glasnost, which gave new freedoms to the Soviet people, including greater freedom of speech. This was a change, as control of speech and suppression of government criticism had previously been a central part of the Soviet system. This gave citizens a better take on life and a voice of an opinion. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall getting torn down was a big factor to the fallof the Soviet Union because it showed that the Soviet Union was getting weaker. -
The Dissolution of the USSR
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a process of systematic disintegration, which occurred in economy, social structure and political structure. It resulted in the abolition of the Soviet Federal Government and independence of the USSR's republics on 25 December 1991 and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991. -
Soviet Union Ends
Gorbachev resigns as a leader of the Soviet Union which causes the end of the Soviet Union. The day after, Russian government takes over. This is also the last day the Soviet flag is flown. Boris Yeltsin takes over as the president when the Russian government takes over -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin- Was a Russia President from 1991-1999. He was the first popular present elected in the country’s history and he guided Russia through a tough decade of political and economical problems. This is a good idea because it's making history and starting to make new better changes. He resigned right before the day of the new year 1999.
