Fall of the Soviet Union

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was Glasnost meant…

people could say what they wanted about communism & its leaders

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was Perestroika had made the…

economy weaker leading to worse living standards rather than better

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was the loss of Satellite States was…

seen as a betrayal of communism and a threat to Soviet security

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was the fall of the Satellite States…

encouraged the Baltic countries to seek independence from the USSR & break away from communism

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was the army leaders felt…

betrayed by Gorbachev because he reduced military spending

A cause of the fall of the Soviet Union was in August 1991…

a group of communist hardliners led a coup aiming to replace Gorbachev & take back control of the Satellite States

when did communist hardliners attempt to overthrow Gorbachev

August 1991

A event of the Fall of the Soviet Union was Boris Yeltsin…

organised support to oppose the coup and keep Gorbachev as leader

A event of the Fall of the Soviet Union was Gorbachev’s….

power is reduced greatly by the attempted coup

who organised support for opposition of the coup

Boris Yeltsin

A consequence of the fall of the Soviet Union was the other Soviet Republics…

took advantage of Gorbachev’s weakness to join together and form the Commonwealth of Independent States

A consequence of the fall of the Soviet Union was on 25th December 1991…

Gorbachev resigns. The Soviet Union was officially abolished.

There is no longer an ideological conflict therefore…

there is no Cold War