Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev was the youngest Soviet Union leader after Stalin, he had become the communist party leader. Mikhail's opponent for the communist part was Victor Grishin. He wanted to convince new ideas for the Soviet Union. By the year 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev had passed on a policy called the Glanost. The Glanost is a meaning that is means openness. He had realized that if he didn't follow this policy the Soviet Union would not Social and Economic reforms. With this policy passed on people were allowed to rights like for example reporters were allowed to talk about Social and government problems, something that was not allowed with the Soviet Union was a totalitarian country. But the policy brought down fall people began to complain about economic situations to the government. So Mikhail made another policy called perestroika. This policy was for economic restructuring.