Among the Domestic Causes of the Collapse of the Soviet

question 65

Multiple Choice

Among the domestic causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union was

• A)a combination of economic decline and freedom to criticize the system.
• B)discontent in the Soviet republics beginning with Lithuania.
• C)an attempted coup by hard-liners.
• D)promises made with perestroika never fully developed
• E)All of the above.

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