The Soviet System crisis and the end of Cold War

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the crisis of Soviet system, and the strategies developed by Gorbachev government to redirect Soviet economy and policy in order to solve the main problems that affected the USSR during the 1980s. In addition, it will be scrutinized the obstacles found by Gorbachev to promote the restructurings that Soviet Union required, and the expansion of the crisis that culminated in the dissolution of the USSR.

Keywords

• Guerra Fria
• União Soviética
• Gorbachev
• Perestroika
• Glasnost