Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of Russia. He was age 54 when he was elected the president of Russia. He was very young when he got elected, therefore giving him a lot of knowledge on the politics and economy. He was a communist leader, but unlike the other communist leader. He wasn't as strict as the others. He was actually one of the reason why the collapse of communist happen. He also opened up communist letting everyone know that communist was bringing down the economy. He knew that the idea of communist was coming to an end and he didn't want it to be kept a secret. So he opened up the economy, this was called Glasnost. The Glasnost was suppose to help lessen the corruption in the Soviet Union. Basically the Glasnost was to open up the government secret, to let everyone know what was going on and etc. He also created the Peristrokia which was the resurrecting of the Soviet political and economic system. Both these ideas terribly failed and eventually resulted in the collapse of communism of the USSR. Once this happened communism around the world ended. Russia is still adjusting to its change of Capitalism.