GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Putin, Real Income
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After the fall the fall of the ussr led to a human disaster . It was a idsaster after the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the ussr. Life expectancy falls by as much as 7 years, and still hasn"t recovered today: the break-upbrezhnev era. Any dissent inside soviet union or in satellite states suppressed. 1980 polish solidarity movement also crushed, but internally. Relaxation of media and introduction of multi- party elections. June 4th, 1989, poland votes out communist government. October 1989 hungary becomes socialist instead of communist, opens borders with austria. November 1989, the new east german leader tears down. Romania is metal and kills their leader 1989. Leads to a move in the balkan states for independence in 1990 (separation from ussr) An attempted coup by military leaders in russia halted quickly, hastened the ussr"s demise. In 1991 independence rewarded to the baltic states. December 1991 soviet union formally dissolves itself, on.
