Communism in Easter Europe start to come to a close during the late 80's and going into the early 90's. This was a result of many factors, but two of the big influences that are attributed to this are Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the Leader of the Soviet Union.
The contributions of Reagan included: His firm standing against communism, which was seen in central America. His strong progression in American defense, which tended to weaken the soviet union in general, but also his willingness to be progressive with America's foreign policy, which in the end helped smooth out the path towards more democratic countries.
Gorbachev also contributed greatly towards the fall of communism. He realized that the country was in terrible shape economically, along with its unrest within the people. His progressive changes such as free speech not only helped their country, but it also progressed them away from a communism ideal, and more towards a democratic balanced government. Also his negotiations with Reagan alleviated Cold war tension, and make it overall easier to have massive change within the Soviet system.
All in all, both Reagan and Gorbachev coming together at the same time as they did led the way to the fall of communism and rise of democracy in Eastern Europe.
Nice post! You did a really goo job explaining the fall of Communism. It's really interesting how Gorbachev contributed so greatly. You cold have included information on how the people living in Russia were happy to see the communist government fall as well.
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