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Gorbachev & the Fall of Communism
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- Gorbachev wanted to modernize and streamline the communist party
- system was too centralised
- he did not want to end communism
His policies:
Glasnost: (Openess) Freedom
- thousands of political prisoners released
- people told of atrocities committed during Stalins regime
- free speech
- conscription was abolished
- encouraged so long as nobody criticised the party itself
Perestroika: (Restructuring) Economic Reform
- central planning made more efficient
- corruption so great that he couldn't see his plans through
- allowance for small scale private enterprise
Political Changes
- Democracy within the party
Why he failed
- opposition from radicals and conservatives
- economic reforms didn't produce results quixk enough
- Gorbachev was loosing control of the reform movement
Coup - August 1991
- Gorbachev loosing control
- 18th August, he was on holiday in Crimea
- arrested
- hand over power to Yanayev
- Boris Yeltsin
Conclusion
- his achievement in foreign affairs was enormous
- he caused the beggining of the break down of the communist party
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