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Why did the Soviet Union break up in the last part of the 20th century?

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The dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991 had shocked many, but it was not sudden. The soviet economy was staggering even prior to 1985. Lenoid Brezhnev's economic policies were based on the policy of Stalin. It had stimulated economy in the beginning, but after him the country slipped into corruption and fall short of the production of consumer goods. ...

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