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Gorbachev's plan to have more of a stable Soviet Union failed and so came in Boris Yeltsin who wanted a democratic Russia. Yeltsin and Gorbachev were never on the same page and always clashed for what was best for Russia. ... Yeltsin wanted change and the end of Soviet Union, as Russian Republic President made it possible. After being forced out, basically, Gorbachev resigned and left Yeltsin in command. On December 8, 1991 Yeltsin negotiated with Belarus and the Ukraine to terminate the USSR. ...
On December 25, 1991, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russia. ... On 4 April 1985, Yeltsin received a call from Gorbachev summoning him to take up position as Head of the Construction Department of the Party's Central Committee. ... Unlike Gorbachev who hoped to change the Soviet Union, Yeltsin wished to dissolve it. ...
A citing from shockingly one of Gorbachev's rival, Boris Yeltsin, was a truth that even he could not refuse when he said, "everything Gorbachev has initiated deserves much praise. ... He started by climbing a mountain whose summit is not even visible" (Yeltsin 402). ...
THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION The main reason for the decline, and ultimate collapse, of the Soviet Union was the failure of the economic system. The need to improve economic performance led to wide-ranging changes in the economy and politics. The failure of the economic system was due to inherent weaknesses that were escalated by external factors. In particular the Cold War (1945-1989) led to enormous spending on the arms race and the space race. This hastened the demise of the Soviet Union. ...
The possibility of the end of the Cold War for so long seemed out of the question. Because of the definition of the Soviet ideology which stated that war with the capitalist nations of the world was inevitable, peace was paradoxical. The Americans in a sense fostered the Soviet position by executing a policy of containment against the Soviet Union in order to keep it in check and from spreading any further than it had already spread. However, as the world enters 1992, the superpower Soviet Union lies in utter destruction and chaos due to the collapse of its political infrastructure. This colla...