Labels:text | animal | mammal | screenshot | person | flyer | man OCR: THE FALL OF COMMUNISM SOVIET UNION OVERVIEW LEADERSHIP CRISIS SOVIET UNION POLITICAL REFORMS FOREIGN AFFAIRS EASTERN EUROPE 1 INCREASING TURMOIL LEADERS Conflicts erupt as states demand their independence 1: ECONOMIC RUIN By 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev had become unpopular with END OF THE UNION many Soviet citizens, and the economy lay in ruins. The nations that made up the Soviet Union demanded their independence. The election of Boris Yeltsin as Russian president further threatened Gorbachev's power. CHRONOLOGY . NEWSFLASH ...
