Glasnost and Perestroika By Kyle259 Mar 11, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected General Secretary of Soveit Union. Period: Mar 11, 1985 to Dec 26, 1991 1985-1991 May 8, 1985 Suspension of the deployment of SS-20s Feb 5, 1986 Gorbachev introduces his policy of Perestroika Jul 28, 1986 Withdrawlment of Soviet forces from the Afganistan War. Feb 5, 1988 Glasnost is introduced to the people Feb 5, 1988 Soviet abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine. Oct 1, 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Aug 19, 1991 August coop State Committee for the State of Emergency launched August coop. Dec 26, 1991 Soviet Union formaly dissolved
