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Question
Who initiated the reforms in the USSR in 1985?
Options
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
MCQ
Solution
Mikhail Gorbachev
Explanation:
Mikhail Gorbachev (Born 1931) Last leader of the Soviet Union (1985-91); introduced economic and political reform policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness); ended the arms race with the US; withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan and eastern Europe; assisted in Germany's unification; ended the Cold War; blamed for the Soviet Union's disintegration.
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