Cold War: Collapse of the Soviet Union

What were the 15 states the Soviet Union divided into?

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Who were some of the second round of states to demand freedom?

Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia

Who was the first president of Russia after the dissolve?

Boris Yeltsin

Who were some of the first states to demand freedom?

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

What were Gorbachev's two main platforms in his reform?

Glasnost and Perestroika

How long did the collapse of the Soviet Union last?

Late 1980's to December 25, 1991

Who was elected General Secretary of the Soviet Union in 1985?

Mikhail Gorbachev

What happened when Soviet hardliners called in the military for backup?

Military refused to fire on their own people, and the takeover failed.

What was Glasnost?

More freedom of speech and openness in the government.

What began with the new found freedom of Gorbachev's reforms?

Outlying soviet states began to rebel

What did Gorbachev want for Soviet Union?

Reform the economy and modernize the political situation in the country.

What was Perestroika?

Restructuring the economy to work more efficiently

Who was considered the successor state of the Soviet Union?

Russia. Which meant it kept the nuclear weapons and Soviet Union's seat on the Security Council of the UN

What happened in August of 1991?

Soviet hardliners kidnapped Gorbachev in an effort to take over the government.

What happened on December 24, 1991?

The Soviet Union was dissolved and Gorbachev resigned.

Was another one of Gorbachev's reforms to limit the consumption of alcohol?

True

What signaled the end of the cold war between USA and Soviet Union?

When Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states on December 25, 1991