how did the cold war finally end and who helped it end?

Answer 1

It's a combination of everything listed above,

The Soviet defeat in Afghanistan lowered the country's morale and depleted its resources

Reagan put pressure on the Soviets to match America's military spending (but it must be remembered that this was nothing new, every president upped the anti by increasing military spending)

And finally, Mikheal Gorbachev was a reformer. He willing brought about alot the major reforms that ended communism in Russia, although that wasn't his intention. Gorbachev opened up the closed Soviet market and made democratic changes.

Answer 2

Basically because of two factors:

a) The arms race. The U.S proved that it was able to spend much more resources in the military and acquire superiority over the Soviet Union. The USSR couldn't afford to spend so much money on weapons and their econmy was crumbling.

b) The USSR had fallen way behind the West on technology. Their economic aparattus wasn't prepared to develop the new technologies that were being produced in the west Particularly, electronics and computers. They were only competitive with the west in the space technology. The rest was crap. That proved the historic failure of real socialism. Even their agricultural organization was a mess. It's quite ironic that in the 80s the USSR, historically one of the main exporters of crop had to import wheat from the U.S. So, in the long term, they were doomed. Still, they were a military superpower and that was the only reason for the USSR to exist. Once the US under President Reagan increased military spending and develop new state of the art weaponry, even the soviet military superpower status seemed fragile. Nationalism inside the USSR began to raise (supported by America, along with religious fundamentalism) and the USSR began to crumble from inside, once that Socialism itself was being considered by everyone as a failure.

And then came Gorbachev, a reformer who realized that change, and reforming socialism was the only way out of the crisis.

Answer 3

the cold war came to an end with the removal the the berlin wall and the jointing of the two germanys.people of the USSR began to enjoy some freedom under Gorbachev and Yeltsin .than some of the other areas of the country began to work for the own freedom and break away from the government in Moscow.the visit of Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev in Iceland brought about more freedom and understanding between the two superpowers

Answer 4

Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War by out-spending the Soviet Union in a huge military buildup in the 1980's.

Answer 5

Believe it or not it was the Soviet-Afghan war outcome that was most instrumental in ending the Cold War. When the Afghans defeated the Soviets and drove them out of Afghanistan, Russia began to fall apart and communism began to crumble.

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Answer 6

Thatcher grow to be no-one's 'poodle' least of all Reagan's. what's it with the left-wing, why do they slyly insist on attempting to re-write background? the united kingdom grow to be instrumental in ending the chilly conflict, by way of international kinfolk, advertising freedom and espionage. super Britain punches properly above its weight diplomatically due in part to the British Empire.

Answer 7

President Reagan brought the soviet union to it's knees economically

Answer 8

Mikhel gorbachev