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What exactly did Gorbachev do to the Soviet Union?
Was he a "good" communist that wanted to change the country into a good Soviet Union? Or did he always have the intention of dissolving the Soviet Union.
Did he know that glasnost and perestroika would limit the government's power and thus making the Soviet state weak?
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2 Answers
- Ludd ZarkoLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Well, in just a few words, he turned the soviet union into talcum powder.
As far as I know, he realized that the country had severe flaws concerning the life of the citizens. In his writings he said: "Why we cannot make a good refrigerator if we have put people in the cosmos ?"
Therefore, he strived to improve the life of the soviet citizen and make the country a better place to live.
I don't think he realized what would happen once the iron fist got loose. After so many years of comunism, who would have thought that people would begin to ask for more ?
Then came Boris Yeltsin, who wanted to destroy the remnants of comunism.
The rest we know
- Gerry SLv 41 decade ago
He ended the Cold War and ended that government. The various Soviet states are now independent states. There no longer is a Soviet Union.
What he knew is that his country did not have the money to compete with the Unites States in an arms race. That's all the Cold War ever was : a cash contest.
