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1 Collapse of Communism

2 Economic Unemployment Poor business sense

3 Economic lack of markets (USSR not around to buy goods anymore)
inefficient/outdated industries & agriculture

4 Social loss of Communist ‘safety net’
nationalism – love of culture/ethnic group over country

5 Social organized crime corruption

6 Political how fast will reforms take place?
role of former Communists in new govts learning how democracy works

7 Satellite Nations Those countries heavily influenced or dependent on the USSR

8 Berlin Wall Built after WWII to separate free West Berlin from communist East Berlin

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