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The Soviets stopped catching up to the west under Brezhnev, and never recovered from what Gorbachev called, "the era of stagnation."
by whatshisface 2y ago
The 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.