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Collapse of Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union
Glasnost
Perestroika
U.N. and other Organizations
Purposes and functions of NATO
Original members of the NATO
Purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact
Original members of the Warsaw Pact
The purpose of SEATO
Member countries of SEATO
The purpose of the Organization of American States
The Cold War Years
Glasnost
This was to demonstrate the openness Gorbachev was promoting
It was part of a two-pronged effort at reform. Gorbachev called for a glasnost which means openness. He ended censorship and encouraged people to openly discuss the country's problems.
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