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The Fall of Communism

Situation during the 1980s 1. Soviets invade Afghanistan – to support the Communist government in the Afghan Civil War. 2. People were sick of Communism’s negative effects – Stalin’s Purges, Industrialization at all costs

Fall of Communism Reason #1 – Soviet Union runs out of money. Why??? - Rapid industrialization = expensive - Fighting/funding wars to spread communism = expensive - The negative economic effects of communism

Task Sketch two examples of how the economic effects of communism caused the Soviet Union to run out of money.

Fall of Communism – Reason #2  Social Factors communism-in-russia-faq.htmhttp:// communism-in-russia-faq.htm Answer the question below from the website above. 1. How did the Great Purge under Stalin contribute to the Fall of Communism? 2. How was religion viewed under Communism? 3. Explain the negative effects of Communism’s economic policies. 4. Describe the state of Russia’s political system when Gorbachev took power.

Communism Falls Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR in 1985 and began reforms of… –Perestroika (changes to a market economy) –Glasnost (openness within the USSR)

1. Perestroika – the restructuring of the Soviet economy.  Shift to market economy.  Led to privatization of businesses. Gorbachev’s Policies

Directions: In your notebook, complete the Frayer Model below. PRIVATIZATION 2. Definition  selling government-owned businesses to regular citizens. 3. How is this different from life under the Soviet Union? 4. Sketch

Gorbachev’s Policies 2. Glasnost - the policy of openness in the government  transparency in the activities of all government institutions  the freedom of information

Political Revolutions in the Republics e/fall_of_communism.htmlhttp://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detent e/fall_of_communism.html Answer the questions below: 1. What were the effects of the collapse of the Berlin Wall? 2. Describe the revolutionary movements in the Republics. 3. Why did the revolutionaries have the confidence to attempt revolution?