How did Mikhail Gorbachev's program of perestroika contribute to

the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Perestroika led to food shortages and extreme inflation, causing public protests and a political uprising within the Soviet government.

Explanation:

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Mikhail Gorbachev introduced perestroika to transform the Soviet Union, but it hastened its collapse ... While the reforms of glasnost and perestroika were not the sole causes of the dissolution of the U. S. S. R., the forces they unleashed destabilized an already weakening system and hastened its end.