1. Cold war
... that the only was way to end the cold war was to destroy USSR. Therefore Reagan gave support to a lot of anti communist movement in Eastern Europe. The rise of Solidarity was one important factor that triggered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. It was the first group of people that gave demands to the communist government and was agreed ... newly appointed Mikhail Gorbachev. He introduced the new policies of "openness" and "restructuring" and tried to use these policies to make the communist USSR more popular. These policies lead the solidarity to grow and later became the le...
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