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    Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year administration as leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 expanded the military but led to economic stagnation. Major reforms were not initiated during this time and minor proposed reforms failed. By the 1970s, Brezhnev had consolidated power and stopped any radical reforms. This period was known as the Era of Stagnation. Mikhail Gorbachev later came to power in 1985 and introduced reforms promoting openness, travel freedom, and technology use in a break from the stagnation, eventually negotiating nuclear arms reduction with the United States and thawing Cold War tensions.

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    Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year administration as leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 expanded the military but led to economic stagnation. Major reforms were not initiated during this time and minor proposed reforms failed. By the 1970s, Brezhnev had consolidated power and stopped any radical reforms. This period was known as the Era of Stagnation. Mikhail Gorbachev later came to power in 1985 and introduced reforms promoting openness, travel freedom, and technology use in a break from the stagnation, eventually negotiating nuclear arms reduction with the United States and thawing Cold War tensions.

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    Mikhail Gorbachev

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    Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year administration as leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 expanded the military but led to economic stagnation. Major reforms were not initiated during this time and minor proposed reforms failed. By the 1970s, Brezhnev had consolidated power and stopped any radical reforms. This period was known as the Era of Stagnation. Mikhail Gorbachev later came to power in 1985 and introduced reforms promoting openness, travel freedom, and technology use in a break from the stagnation, eventually negotiating nuclear arms reduction with the United States and thawing Cold War tensions.

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    AND

    ECONOMIC
    STAGNATION
    BREZHNEV
    18 year admi nistration- second
    i n l ength onl y to Stal i n

    Expanded the Sovi et Mi l itary
    i mmensely

    Grew the worl d presence of the
    Sovi et Uni on

    Known for the Era of
    Stagnation that he brought
    POLITICAL PRESENCE

    Caused by an increase in military spending

    Period of economic, social, and political stagnation in
    the Soviet Union



    ERA OF STAGNATION





    Bo major reforms
    were initiated and
    the few proposed
    reforms were either
    very modest or
    opposed by the
    majority of the Soviet
    leadership





    Caused by an i ncrease i n
    mi l i tary spending

    Chai rman of the Counci l of
    Mi ni sters attempted mi nor
    reforms, but al l fai l ed

    By the 1970s, Brezhnev had
    consol i dated enough power to
    stop any "radi cal" reform by
    Kosygi n

    MORE STAGNATION
    MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
    SO WHOS THIS GUY?
    Last General Secretary for
    the Soviet Union

    Major contributor to the end
    of the Cold War

    Helped to bring about the
    end of the Soviet Union
    Both his parents and
    grandparents had been poor
    farmers before the
    collectivization

    Only 10 years old when
    Nazis invaded (1941)

    Father drafted to fight in
    WWII
    BACK IN THE DAY
    1978- Gorbachev was appoi nted
    the secretary of Agri culture on
    the Central commi ttee

    By 1980 he had become the
    youngest member of the Pol i tburo
    (the executive commi ttee of the
    Communi st Party)

    Gorbachev i ni ti ally l ost the vote for
    General secretary, but the wi nner
    di ed a mere 13 months l ater.
    Gorbachev, 54, became the l eader
    of the Sovi et Uni on.

    GORBY ON THE SCENE
    Shocked many by announci ng that
    he wanted al l ci ti zens to be abl e to
    freely express their vi ews

    Al l owed the Sovi ets to travel

    Cracked down on al cohol abuse

    Rel eased many pol i tical pri soners

    Supported the use of computers
    and technol ogy
    MIKHAIL AND THE REFORMS
    Gorbachev real ized that the amassing of nucl ear weapons was
    hurti ng the Sovi et Uni on s economy

    Met wi th Presi dent Ronal d Reagan many ti mes to negoti ate
    peace
    THAWING THE COLD WAR

    Eventually he and
    Reagan came to a
    settl ement, and
    agreed not onl y to
    hal t nucl ear weapon
    production, but to
    di spose of the
    maj ority of bombs
    that each country
    al ready possessed.

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