PPT-Reasons of the collapse of the Soviet Union

Student Cristina Daniela FERARU Coordinator prof Arkadiusz K OTLINSK I Polkowice Poland 2013 Introduction On Christmas Day 1991 the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time A few days earlier representatives from 11 Soviet republics Ukraine the Russian Federation Belarus Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Turkmenistan Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met in the Kazakh city of AlmaAta and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. The question was what would succeed it I suggested then that we had already entered the unipolar moment The gap in power between the leading nation and all the others was so unprecedented as to yield an international structure unique to modern histo Chapter 22. “The Rise and Fall of World Communism”. 1917 - Present. The End of Communism. General Failures of Communism. Economic failures. By late 1970s = communist economies showed no signs of catching up to more advanced capitalist countries. Presentation Outline. Nations of the Soviet Union. Legitimacy in the Soviet Union. Political Institutions. The Command Economy. Gorbachev’s reforms (perestroika, glasnost, and . novoye. . mneniya. Economic and Political Reasons for . Detente- Mid 1960s-Mid 1970s. What do you think detente means?. ?. ?. ?. Definition. Detente: A . F. rench word for slacken, relax or reduce pressure. Why did detente occur?. Economic and Political Reasons for Detente- Mid 1960s-Mid 1970s. What do you think detente means?. ?. ?. ?. Definition. Detente: A French word for slacken, relax or reduce pressure. Why did detente occur?. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe. Cold War Predictions. Why did the Soviet Union “lose” the Cold War?. Why did Communism collapse inside . Russia?. Remember:. Deterrence...led to?. Geoffrey . Halgas. Period 4. Seminar Question:. Considering the period 1953 to 1991, analyze the problems within the Soviet Union that contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet system.. Background Information. . Union . / . End. . of. . the. . Cold. . War . / . Fall. . of. . Communism. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. a. b. c. d. 4 CAUSES. 4 CAUSES. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. The Cold War Ends. VUS.13d. Both internal and external pressures caused the collapse of the Soviet Union . The collapse of the Soviet Union . brought an end to the Cold War . that had dominated American . foreign policy for forty years!. Unit 5 Grade 6 Social Studies . Ms. Earnst. Info Source:. http://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/collapse_soviet_union.php. Collapse of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union started in . SPONGE:. Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Find Someone Who Has…... Matching Review . Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Some students will be given words or dates (BLUE PAPER).. “The Rise and Fall of World Communism”. 1917 - Present. The End of Communism. General Failures of Communism. Economic failures. By late 1970s = communist economies showed no signs of catching up to more advanced capitalist countries. Which state was created by the U.N. as opposed to an independence movement?. Israel. What is apartheid?. Segregation system in South Africa. What areas discussed in class gained independence through violent revolution?. Learning objective . – to be able to explain the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991.. I can . describe. the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.. . Grade D. I can . e. xplain . the . collapse. . of .