b. How was the transition achieved?
The political and economic transition from the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation between 1985 and 1993 was achieved through the policies and leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. As you have seen on the previous page, Gorbachev initiated reform through perestroika and glasnost, however his reforms unintentionally weakened the Communist Party’s authority, unleashed nationalist movements, and...