Why did communism in the Soviet Union collapse in the late 1980s?

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Political factors: What did leaders in the Soviet Union, the United States, and Europe do to further the fall of communism?

Military factors: What effect did military policies and actions in the United States and in the Soviet Union have?

Economic factors: What effect did the economic situation in the Soviet Union have?

Social/cultural factors: What was the attitude of the people of the Soviet bloc countries? What impact did glasnost have? What was the impact of dissidents?

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Paisley Stewart

17 February, 11:10

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Asia Joyce · Answer 1

the Soviet Union fell due to World War 2, when the Allied Nations defeated the Natzies.