USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Gorbachev’s reforms fail?
A
They were too little, too late
B
They couldn’t work because real market reforms didn’t exist to replace central government decision making
C
They were too similar to Koysgin’s
D
There were no reforms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1988, Gorbachev started to lose control of two regions of the Soviet Union, as the Baltic republics were now leaning towards independence, and the Caucasus descended into violence and civil war.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perestroika (/ˌpɛrəˈstrɔɪkə/; Russian: ) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated with CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning “openness") policy reform.

Detailed explanation-3: -Internally, growing nationalist sentiment threatened to break up the Soviet Union, leading Marxist–Leninist hardliners to launch the unsuccessful August Coup against Gorbachev in 1991. In the coup’s wake, the Soviet Union dissolved against Gorbachev’s wishes.

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