WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Slowly, Gorbachev took the steps needed to ____ their communist government.
A
dismantle
B
strengthen
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The process began with growing unrest in the Union’s various constituent national republics developing into an incessant political and legislative conflict between them and the central government.

Detailed explanation-2: -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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