The Fall of Soviet Communism, 1986-1991
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The Fall of Soviet Communism, 1986-1991

Jeremy Smith

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The Fall of Soviet Communism, 1986-1991

Jeremy Smith

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The fall of communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union into 15 independent states in December 1991 was one of the most significant events of the 20th century. In the last years of Soviet rule, images of mass protests on the streets of Moscow, Tbilisi and Vilnius, bloodshed in Baku, striking miners, Mikhail Gorbachev wooing the West, and Boris Yeltsin defiantly mounting a tank in front of the White House building in Moscow, shattered all of the old certainties about the seemingly unbreakable communist system. Gorbachev and Yeltsin were the dominant figures in this process, but non-Russian national movements, workers, intellectuals, and international developments all had roles to play. Jeremy Smith presents the dramatic events of 1985-91 in a clear and succinct form, setting out a variety of interpretations for the demise of communism in the Soviet Union, and suggesting new approaches to answering the unresolved question of why it happened. Smith discusses the long-term and short-term factors behind the extraordinary collapse, assessing the impact of economic crisis, nationalism, personalities and democratization in the process.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2017
ISBN
9780230802735
Edition
1
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia russa
Many 
histories 
of 
the 
Khrushchev 
and 
Brezhnev 
periods 
are
dominated 
by 
the 
international 
situation, 
a 
fact 
which 
testifies 
in
equal 
measure 
to 
global 
tensions 
and 
to 
domestic 
Soviet 
stability.
But 
the 
very 
emphasis 
on 
stability 
since 
1964 
was 
one 
of 
the 
roots
of 
future 
problems. 
As 
long 
as 
domestic 
tranquillity 
prevailed, 
the
political 
system 
itself 
appeared 
to 
be 
effective. 
But 
political 
stagna-
tion 
promoted 
both 
complacency 
and 
inflexibility, 
so 
that 
when 
a
need 
for 
change 
did 
arise, 
as 
the 
result 
of 
either 
external 
or 
inter-
nal 
pressures, 
politics 
would 
inevitably 
be 
slow 
to 
respond 
and
would 
prove 
a 
brake 
on 
reform.
The 
Fall 
of 
Soviet 
Communism 
1985–91
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