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Politburo
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Ruling committee of the communist party
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
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Glasnost
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Gorbachev's policy of openness
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Perestroika
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Gorbachev's policy aimed at reforming the Soviet economy
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Boris Yeltsin
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Political opponent of Gorbachev who became president of Russia
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CIS
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Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose federation of former Soviet territories
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"shock therapy"
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Yeltsin's plan for changing the Soviet economy
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