A shift from government-owned to privately-owned business resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Perestroika and social policy. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, came to power in 1985 with a vision of reform. His set up for the long run was led by 2 ideas: economic policy and social policy. Gorbachev's reforms did a lot to hasten the autumn of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics than they did to avoid wasting it.
