... USSR needs in order to optimize the unstable economic situation he inherited when heading the Communist Party. "With great power, comes great responsibility." 4 As noted, the present economic, social and political system of the USSR is a product of development over a sixty-year span. The basic problems of the existing Soviet system have led to the present crisis, and have ... Western pressure, the people occupying influential positions and even Gorbachev himself had a major role in the breakdown of the USSR. Yet, the unexpected and nonviolent demise was shaped by several factors combine...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Graduate