The Communist government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe.

The Cold War truly began to break down during the administration of Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the more totalitarian aspects of the Soviet government.

The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet economy had been struggling for years, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ...

1. Three significant events heralded the end of the Cold War: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The next year, the Soviet Union consented to the reunification of Germany. In 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states. DOMINO EFFECT.

It was in 1989 when the end of the Cold War was truly in sight, given the mass revolutions across Central and Eastern Europe. Causes of the End of the Cold... · Effects of the Cold War

Reasons for the end of the Cold War: Afghanistan War, failure of communism in Eastern Europe, economic weakness, and the actions of Gorbachev and Reagan.

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The precise causes of the end of the Cold War are debatable, but there are several factors that you should keep in mind.

American leaders' beliefs that the Cold War was ending corresponded most closely with domestic- ideological and institutional changes in the Soviet Union, and ...