Mushure mokunge Gorbachev atora masimba seMunyori Mukuru weCommunist Party yeSoviet Union muna 1985, akatanga chirongwa chekugadzirisa zvinhu, chakanga chakazara mumashoko maviri ekuti perestroika uye glasnost, kureva kugadzirisa kwehupfumi / zvematongerwo enyika uye kuvhurika, zvichiteerana. Kufamba uku kwakakonzera kuramba uye kusava nechokwadi kune nhengo dzakaomarara dzeNomenklatura. Shanduko idzi dzakasunungurawo mamwe masimba uye mafambiro ayo Gorbachev aisatarisira. Kunyanya, kushungurudzika kwenyika kune veSoviet Union vasiri veRussia vashoma vakakura, uye kwaive nekutya kuti mamwe kana maRepublic ese emubatanidzwa angangoparadzana. Muna 1991, Soviet Union yaive mudambudziko rakakomba rezvehupfumi uye rezvematongerwo enyika. Kushomeka kwechikafu, mushonga, uye zvimwe zvinhu zvaive zvakapararira, vanhu vaifanira kumira mumitsetse yakareba kuti vatenge mafuta, kunyangwe nemitengo yezvigadzirwa zvemari, nekushomeka kwemitengo yeNomenklatura.
kuramba uye kusava nechokwadi