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The Soviet Union lost the Cold War long after Brezhnev.
by p1esk 2y ago
The Soviet Union lost the Cold War long after Brezhnev.
- whatshisface 2y agoThe Soviets stopped catching up to the west under Brezhnev, and never recovered from what Gorbachev called, "the era of stagnation."
- p1esk 2y agoThe Cold War was just one of many factors leading to the Soviet Union collapse. It was a lot more complex than “stopped catching up to the West”. Source: I lived through it.
- whatshisface 2y agoPerhaps it would be more accurate to say it was the biggest external influence on the collapse of the Soviet Union.