Fall of the Soviets
- Gorbachev made a couple of major changes in 1990
- First was he introduced ‘rule of law’
- He felt that socialism could be achieved within a democratic state
- Second was the ‘500 day plan’ dealing with the deficit
- Finally, the Union Treaty giving the republics more autonomy
- An attempted coup d’etat takes place in Aug. 1991
- He is saved by Boris Yeltsin who became the effective leader of the country
- Gorbachev became a lame duck leader and Yeltsin made the final step to outlaw the Communist party in the Russian Republic
- Dec. 1, 1991 an independence vote is held in the Ukraine which voted in favour of independence
- This led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the end of the USSR
- First was he introduced ‘rule of law’
- He felt that socialism could be achieved within a democratic state
- Second was the ‘500 day plan’ dealing with the deficit
- Finally, the Union Treaty giving the republics more autonomy
- An attempted coup d’etat takes place in Aug. 1991
- He is saved by Boris Yeltsin who became the effective leader of the country
- Gorbachev became a lame duck leader and Yeltsin made the final step to outlaw the Communist party in the Russian Republic
- Dec. 1, 1991 an independence vote is held in the Ukraine which voted in favour of independence
- This led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the end of the USSR
With the economy of the Soviet Union in shambles and much of it not wanting to be a communist nation anymore the government had eventually crumbled and with it a new government had come to power, but through this soviet remnants had come and attempted to take the country back. However they were unscuce