The period when tensions and hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union came to an end, usually dated from 1989–1991, marked by the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the USSR.

A policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev meaning “openness”, allowing more freedom of speech and more openness in government in the USSR

A policy introduced by Gorbachev meaning “restructuring”, aimed at reforming and improving the Soviet economy by reducing government control and increasing efficiency.

The last leader of the Soviet Union (1985–1991) who introduced reforms (Glasnost and Perestroika) that helped end the Cold War.

Countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War (e.g., Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia).

Fall of the Berlin Wall

The event on 9 November 1989 when the wall dividing East and West Berlin was opened, symbolising the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe.

Gorbachev’s decision that the Russian Army would no longer intervene if countries rebelled against communism

the decision that made the collapse of communism possible

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End of the Cold War

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End of the Cold War	The period when tensions and hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union came to an end, usually dated from 1989–1991, marked by the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the USSR.
Glasnost	A policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev meaning “openness”, allowing more freedom of speech and more openness in government in the USSR
Perestroika	A policy introduced by Gorbachev meaning “restructuring”, aimed at reforming and improving the Soviet economy by reducing government control and increasing efficiency.
Mikhail Gorbachev	The last leader of the Soviet Union (1985–1991) who introduced reforms (Glasnost and Perestroika) that helped end the Cold War.
Satellite States	Countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War (e.g., Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia).
Fall of the Berlin Wall	The event on 9 November 1989 when the wall dividing East and West Berlin was opened, symbolising the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe.
Gorbachev’s decision that the Russian Army would no longer intervene if countries rebelled against communism	the decision that made the collapse of communism possible

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