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it was a permanent relaxation in international affairs between america, russia, and china during the cold war.
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the Soviets invaded, killing the Marxist head of state, installing a puppet regime, and eventually committing almost 100,000 troops to fight the Muslim “guerillas.”
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the moscow olympics was a part of a package of actions caused by the U.S. to protest the soviet invasion in afghanistan. it preceded the 1984 summer olympics boycott carried out by the soviet union and other countries
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Mikhail Gorbachev launched a new course for the soviet union, a dula program of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) which, made changes with the economy, internal affairs, and international relations.
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communism started to fall in portland, hungary, and czechoslovakia, and east german communist wanted to move west but citizens did not agree so east german official announced borders were open.
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representatives from the soviet republics declaired that they were no longer going to be a part of the soviet union, and wanted a commonwealth of independent states and only one of their 15 republics remained therefore the union fell. mainly an account of radical reforms Mikhail Gorbachev made under 6 years of his control
