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Disintegration of the Soviet Union

ICSE · Class 11 · Political Science

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Cold War and Détente

  • The term Cold War was coined by Bernard Baruch and propagated by Walter Lippmann.
  • Cold War means a state of intense political, economic, and ideological competition between rival alliances that stops short of all-out war.
  • After the establishment of a communist state in China in October 1949, the Cold War expanded to North and South-East Asia.
2

Cracks in the Socialist Camp

  • Tito of Yugoslavia broke with Stalin in 1948 after Stalin's attempt to dislodge him via Hebrang failed.
  • The break of Yugoslavia marked the beginning of cracks in the socialist camp.
  • The Warsaw Treaty was signed in May 1955 and included the main socialist states of Eastern Europe.
3

Causes of Disintegration of the Soviet Union

  • Failure of the Stalinist system was a major cause of disintegration.
  • Economic discontent arose from command economy, state control, and shortages of consumer goods.
  • Reforms of Gorbachev, especially glasnost and perestroika, weakened old control structures.
4

Gorbachev and Soviet Reforms

  • Mikhail Gorbachev established his leadership in March 1985.
  • He introduced glasnost, perestroika, and New Thinking in foreign policy.
  • New Thinking aimed at reducing tension with the West.

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Cold War was a stateDétente was the movement from bipolarityThe socialist bloc began to weakenStalin built a command economyGorbachev became Soviet leader in March

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