notes
-After Brezhnev there were two short term leaders (Andropov and Chernenko)
-Gorbachev took power in 1985
-Began developed socialism where he wanted to get rid of corruption of the USSR
-Gorbachev was forced to change his ways after Chernobyl disaster
-Parallel to Lenin and Kronstadt mutiny
- Introduces Glasnost
-Gorbachev took power in 1985
-Began developed socialism where he wanted to get rid of corruption of the USSR
-Gorbachev was forced to change his ways after Chernobyl disaster
-Parallel to Lenin and Kronstadt mutiny
- Introduces Glasnost
summary
Mikhail Gorbachev takes power of the Soviet Union in 1985. He attempts to rid corruption in the USSR and introduces Glasnost, a concept of a more free communist society.