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The End of the Cold War. Leonid Yuri Konstantin Brezhnev Andropov Chernenko 1964-1982 1982-1984 1984-1985. New Soviet Leadership. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Gorbachev’s New Thinking. Perestroika: Restructuring
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The End of the Cold War Leonid Yuri Konstantin Brezhnev Andropov Chernenko 1964-1982 1982-1984 1984-1985
New Soviet Leadership General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze
Gorbachev’s New Thinking Perestroika: Restructuring Glasnost: Openness Foreign Policy 1987: Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty 1990: Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty 1991: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Treaty
August 1991and the Fall of USSR Boris Yeltsin December 25, 1991
Why did the USSR collapse? Why did the Cold War end?