What important political and economic changes happened in the Soviet Union between 1984-1992?
Reagan gave his now very famous Berlin wall speech “There is one sign the Soviets can make,” continued Reagan, “that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” on November 9, 1989, the brutal 29-year history of the Berlin Wall finally ended when Mr. Gorbachev stepped out of office and allowed the Berliners to dismantal the Berlin wall. Ronald Reagan started the sequence of geopolitical initiatives that led Mr. Gorbachev to figuratively tear down the Berlin Wall. President Reagan’s rhetorical demand, as he stood at the Wall in 1987, is the most vivid image I have of his presidency. He sensed a progressive economic riot in the Soviet Union, despite official appraisals from within the U.S. government of continuing Sovi
