How did Mikhail Gorbachev contribute to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?

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26 October, 18:32

How did Mikhail Gorbachev contribute to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?

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Mikhail Gorbachev introduced perestroika to transform the Soviet Union, but it hastened its collapse. Just six years after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party and introduced reforms, the Soviet Union collapsed and newly formed independent nations arose from the ashes.