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Gorbachev
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GCSE History (U1- Cold War) Mind Map on Gorbachev, created by Georgina.Smith on 02/04/2014.
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Gorbachev
Glasnost
'Openness'
Gave people to freedom of speech
This meant they criticized the Government, Gorbachev
Perestroika
'Restructuring'
Reforming the economy
Did not work, more people lived in the poverty
Standard of living went down
Berlin Wall
Went up in 1961, under Krushchev
Came down in 1989
Began the uprisings across Eastern Europe
Eastern Bloc
Eastern European countries began to rise against communism and the USSR
Gorbachev, unlike Brezhnev, did not send the tanks in
This meant that the countries uprising was a success and the Gorbachev had broken up the Soviet Empire
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