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==Disintegration==

==Disintegration==

The Soviet Union eventually imploded after a series of economic and political reforms known as [[Glasnost]] and perestroika introduced by the last Chairman of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU), [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], in the 1980s. As previously mentioned, the Soviet Union was also strategically weakened by its engagement in Afghanistan and the need to keep up with the United States military under Reagan, which it could not do. The USSR was formally dissolved in 1991 by [[Boris Yeltsin]], freeing many from its [[tyranny]]. The [[successor state|successor states]] to the Soviet Union are the [[Russian Federation]], and the other members of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]].

The Soviet Union eventually imploded after a series of economic and political reforms known as ''[[glasnost]]'' and ''[[perestroika]]'' introduced by the last chairman of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU), [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], in the 1980s. As previously mentioned, the Soviet Union was also strategically weakened by its engagement in Afghanistan and the need to keep up with the United States military under Reagan, which it could not do. The USSR was formally dissolved in 1991 by [[Boris Yeltsin]], freeing many from its [[tyranny]]. The [[successor state|successor states]] to the Soviet Union are the [[Russian Federation]] and the other members of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]].

==See Also==

==See Also==