The Collapse of Communism

Communism collapse in Eastern Europe and the USSR because since people got paid the same no matter what people start to become lazy and there was less work done , business went down and prices went up.then people were inspirited to become capitalism , they saw how other countries enjoyed capitalism. Demands for reform spread across East Germany in the fall of 1989 and led to the end of the Berlin wall .
basically communism ended with the help of the cold war since people weren't trying hard enough in communist countries the economy went bad and Russia had no more to keep on with the cold war.
Mikhail Gorbachev, He wanted to be on better terms with the Soviets and realized the struggle of the people. He wanted Germany reunified. And later in 1989 things heated . East Berlin
held demonstrations against their communist government. Authorities had to handle the situation with matters of force. East Berliners were beaten and arrested that night, some even took sledgehammers and tried to break apart the wall to get into east Berlin. Finally in like November they started to take the wall down. Families that were separated were reunited after not seeing each other for many years.

Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev opened up the Soviet Union with the support of the people that loved him because of the fact of how he knew his ways and was also very young to be in politics.He knew his way through politics and knew what was right from wrong and still did not accept communism he didn't think it was right or fair. By the time he was 54 he was voted as Soviet leader.With communism, there were suppose to be no economic problems because everyone was paid the same ; even with this nobody liked the idea. Now that Mikhail changed the rules the people were now able to complain about the problems and what they would want to change and have back. He brought the things that were banned from the society before . He took innocent people out of jail, released books that were banned and opened churches so that the people could follow their religion.And this was he follow his plan to end communism.

"Glasnost" meant openness by this he basically meant that for people to not be scared to complain , or say what they wanted or ideas ,ways to improve their society.
"Peristrokia"meant economic restructuring he made changes to revive the Soviet economy.managers gained greater control over their farms and factories, and people
were allowed to open small private businesses. Gorbachev’s goal was not to kill to exterminate
communism, but to make the system more efficient and productive.