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The Iron Curtain falls
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The Iron Curtain falls
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Gorbachev
* Leader of SU 1985
- Not enough money for arms race
- Economy stayed behind the West
* Prevent communism from collapsing
* Reforms
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Gorbachev's reforms
1. Reconstruction the economy -> Perestroika
* small privately-owned companies
* No state companies
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Gorbachev's reforms
2. More openness in governemnt -> Glasnost
* Freedom of speech
* Political parties allowed
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Gorbachev's reforms
3. Less aggressive foreign policy
* Treaty with US 1987
* Limiting nuclear weapons
* More freedom for countries
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Fall of communism
* Reforms accelerated the downfall of cummunism
* People wanted more freedom and democracy
* 1989 Hungary opened the Iron Curtain
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East Germany
* Demonstrations
- Free elections
- Freedom to travel
* November 9, 1989 -> Berlin Wall opened
* Communist government collapsed
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German reunification
* Fall of the Berlin Wall
* Germany reunited
* East Germany could benefit from the West
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Fall of Soviet Union
* More countries wanted freedom from the SU
* 1991 the end of SU
* Planned economy -> free-market economy
* Political and cultural freedom increased
* Democratic elections
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Vladimir Putin
* 2000 came to power
* Chosen president
* Slowely reversed the political freedoms
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Putin
* Unite the whole Russian world -> Oekraïne
* Restore the honor of Russia -> Soviet Union
* No NAVO next to Russian boarders
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