HISTORY- The Soviet Union collapsed for which of the following reasons? A. all of these answers...

HISTORY- The Soviet Union collapsed for which of the following reasons?

	A.	all of these answers combined
	B.	demoralization from the Soviet Union’s defeat at the hands of Islamic Afghan rebels who had been supplied by the U.S.
	C.	economic problems caused by excessive military spending in an attempt to match U.S. military spending
	D.	demoralization from seeing Eastern European protesters and governments renounce communism in 1989

Expert Solution

To be precise, here are the reasons why the Soviet Union collapsed:

1. Constitution of the Soviet Union 1977's article 72 provided the legal ground to freely secede from the federation.

2. There were decentralization efforts by the local political elites.

3. The incompetence of the Soviet leaders in Moscow: Some of the leaders of the union constantly surrendered national interests.

4. Economic difficulties: Falling oil prices, economic shortage, high spending on military being the nature of the economy also contributed to the reasons for the collapse.

Also, USSR collapsed because of the CIA, Afghanistan, and low oil prices as well.

Thus, All the given options are correct and explain the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Rahul Sunny answered 2 years ago

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