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Russia/USSR

Russia/USSR. Kevin Reid. Leaders of the Period. Leonid Brezhnev: 1964-1984 Undid de-Stalinization, began stagnation Yuri Andropov: 1982-1984 Deteriorated relationship with USA Konstantin Chernenko : 1984-1985 Brezhnev policies Mikhail Gorbachev: 1985-1991 Dissolved the Soviet Union.

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Russia/USSR

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  1. Russia/USSR Kevin Reid

  2. Leaders of the Period • Leonid Brezhnev: 1964-1984 • Undid de-Stalinization, began stagnation • Yuri Andropov: 1982-1984 • Deteriorated relationship with USA • Konstantin Chernenko: 1984-1985 • Brezhnev policies • Mikhail Gorbachev: 1985-1991 • Dissolved the Soviet Union

  3. Foreign Affairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8 • Invasion of Afghanistan • Invaded in 79, withdrew in 89 • Russia’s “Vietnam”, long war, no success • Berlin Wall comes down • “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”-Ronald Reagan, 1987 • Wall falls in 1989, movement towards Eastern Bloc freedom

  4. Domestic Problems • Chernobyl Disaster • Nuclear Meltdown in Ukraine, then a Soviet Satellite. • Created a literal ghost town, estimated 4000 dead • Soviet Union Falls • Gorbachev’s reforms weaken USSR until collapse on Christmas of 1991

  5. Soviet Union Dominance Recedes All satellites withdrew from the union, the red was the USSR, which shrank to just Russia 20 different countries emerged After the Soviet Union split

  6. Aftermath • Communism lost the war to Capitalism • 20 new countries formed • Depression in Russia, but growth in all former USSR states by 1999 • USA emerges as the dominant world power

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