During August 13,1961, Nikita Khrushchev had ordered for the construction of the Berlin. This wall surrounded West Berlin and was built because West Berlin was a way for thousands of East Germans to run to the democratic West. People were able to buy supplies from the east using money made in the west because it was cheaper. This caused an economical problem within the city. The wall was built to prevent these problems however it had split the country showing how the Soviet Union was unwilling to unify the country of German and it’s people. In the year 1989 things had changed and West Berlin and East Berlin had reunited with the Soviet Union falling apart and many of the world’s communist countries leaving the Warsaw Pact. The Berlin
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As a Soviet leader he was different from past leaders. For one, he was younger than any past Soviet Leader when he came to power. Not only that, but as reforms were different as well. His policies and reforms focus on openness and democratisation of the Soviet Union with a more open market. This was different from Stalin who has been the leader of the Soviet Union during the start of the Cold War because the Stalin’s policies exercise control and took away large amounts of freedom of speech. Another leader that compared to Gorbachev was Nikita Gorbachev. Even though he was different from Stalin in that he wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. and capitalist states, he did not plan on creating an open market or democratisation. He was the leader who had ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall as well. This showing how he wanted to keep control of Soviet satellite states and countries under Soviet influence. This differed from Gorbachev, who had offered more freedom to satellite states but still keeping control using …show more content…
This was because the policy allowed to more democracy. Satellite states of Soviet influence were now able to vote and decide for what to happen to their country on their own term. With democratization brought by Perestroika, East Germany was about to discuss with West Germany and plan for unification without much interruption from the Soviet Union. In the end, the ability of some free choice allowed for the fall of the Berlin Wall. This allowing for the unification of Germany in the future years.
Gorbachev had believed that with the poor economy that they could not intervene with other countries. Things like sending supplies and soldiers were out of the question. He also believed that the Soviet Union was being brought down economically by satellite states and the the benefits did not outweigh the resources required to support those states. WIth this Gorbachev did not stop the destruction of the
As a Soviet leader he was different from past leaders. For one, he was younger than any past Soviet Leader when he came to power. Not only that, but as reforms were different as well. His policies and reforms focus on openness and democratisation of the Soviet Union with a more open market. This was different from Stalin who has been the leader of the Soviet Union during the start of the Cold War because the Stalin’s policies exercise control and took away large amounts of freedom of speech. Another leader that compared to Gorbachev was Nikita Gorbachev. Even though he was different from Stalin in that he wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. and capitalist states, he did not plan on creating an open market or democratisation. He was the leader who had ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall as well. This showing how he wanted to keep control of Soviet satellite states and countries under Soviet influence. This differed from Gorbachev, who had offered more freedom to satellite states but still keeping control using …show more content…
This was because the policy allowed to more democracy. Satellite states of Soviet influence were now able to vote and decide for what to happen to their country on their own term. With democratization brought by Perestroika, East Germany was about to discuss with West Germany and plan for unification without much interruption from the Soviet Union. In the end, the ability of some free choice allowed for the fall of the Berlin Wall. This allowing for the unification of Germany in the future years.
Gorbachev had believed that with the poor economy that they could not intervene with other countries. Things like sending supplies and soldiers were out of the question. He also believed that the Soviet Union was being brought down economically by satellite states and the the benefits did not outweigh the resources required to support those states. WIth this Gorbachev did not stop the destruction of the