Labels:text | human face | man | clothing | suit | screenshot | poster | person OCR: THE FALL OF COMMUNISM OVERVIEW OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION SOVIET UNION COLD WAR IRON CURTAIN EASTERN EUROPE LEADERS INTRODUCTION Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985. His reforms to the Communist system created more freedom for the people and provoked a reaction across Eastern Europe. Communist regimes collapsed under mass protest and the Soviet Union disintegrated. CHRONOLOGY
