Explain The Dissolution Of The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev

Dissolution of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev's Reforms In history, nations often come to an end, but what factors are involved and how do they lead to such change? Probably one of the most notable dissolutions of any country recently is the Soviet Union. It’s interesting to witness a country's downfall that use to be so powerful and that had been established since 1922. The Soviet Union established in 1922, was a major power in both World Wars, due to poor management the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 under the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev elected in 1985 was the general secretary of the Soviet Union, This paper will be explaining in what ways Mikhail Gorbachev contributed to the outcome of the Cold War. It’s important

The Soviet Union had been communist since 1922, when Gorbachev came into office he had in insight for change. Thus, he tried to implement democracy for a better USSR. Gorbachev for the first time introduced multicandidate elections described by Watson as, "The constitutional reforms he initiated were intended were intended to make Soviet politics more democratic. [...] The first of these changes was a 1988 electoral law that granted multicandidate elections and established term limits.” (Watson 11). Gorbachev then went on to pick members for congress with voting described as, "Gorbachev implemented the Congress of People's’ Deputies, and the occurrence of the Soviet Coup. Gorbachev's previously introduced elections now decided who got to be in Congress described ‘This was followed in 1989 by legislative change revamping the Supreme Soviet (to give it more real power) and creating a new parliamentary body, the Congress of People's' Deputies. Members of the congress were elected according to similar-sized local districts, comparable-sized administrative units, and party-dominated "social organizations.’" (Watson 11). This was the first step in Gorbachev's fight for democracy. This allowed people to cast their vote for the people they thought should be in congress, this limited centralized power in the Soviet Union and finally gave people a say. Lastly the Soviet Coup of 1991 ultimately led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Coup is described by Watson as "Gorbachev went on vacation to Crimea in August and was prepares to sign the new union treaty upon his return. However, a number of anti reform members of Gorbachev's government took measures when he left that they hoped would put an end for Perestroika. [...] to place Gorbachev under house arrest on August 19. An eight-man committee then declared over television that