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The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Was the main cause a popular revolution?

Name: The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Was the main cause a popular revolution?
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ISBN: 9783346259219

A short overview

Presentation / Essay (Pre-University), 2020

8 Pages, Grade: 10/10

Anonymous

Abstract or Introduction

The essay discusses the main causes of the dissolution of the Soviet Union - the liberalisation of politics, economic decline, changes in social consciousness, the loss of the Eastern European sphere of influence, and nationalism within the republics of the USSR.

The August coup of 1991 is named as the short-term, final trigger. It concludes that the main cause of the collapse was not a popular revolution of the 'ordinary people'. Rather, Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika weakened the Communist Party's own power structures, thereby destroying all forms of control and exposing the disparities between propaganda and real life.

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Title: The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Was the main cause a popular revolution?
Subtitle: A short overview
Grade: 10/10
Year: 2020
Pages: 8
Catalog Number: V933464
ISBN (eBook): 9783346259219
Language: English
Notes: This essay was written as an independent research essay in grade 6 of secondary school for a 4-period history course. Among others, it cites Aron Brown's 'Seven Years That Changed The World', John Lewis Gaddi's 'The Cold War', and Tony Judt's 'Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945'.
Keywords: Soviet Union, Gorbachev, glasnost, perestroika, USSR, collapse, popular revolution, August coup

Quote paper: Anonymous, 2020, The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Was the main cause a popular revolution?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/933464

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