The policy of glasnost, or openness was paired with perestroika, or restructuring. They were introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, who became general secretary in 1985.
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The USSR tried the idea of Glasnost to allow its people more freedom of speech.
a commitment to holding communism within the USSR and Eastern Europe
During the Cold War, the US put diplomatic, military, and economic pressure on the USSR. There was never any active combat associated with this "war."
No one really- the USSR just fell apart
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