It began in 1987 when he allowed for a two candidate elections for high ranking positions in the party. He then released political dissidents that were confined to internal exile back into the population. Further, he legalized the formation of political parties allowed to run for Soviet office. These liberal steps opened the door to satellite states that were determined to secede from the Soviet Union. The new liberties that Gorbachev created eventually had a domino effect that caused the end of the Soviet Union in
It began in 1987 when he allowed for a two candidate elections for high ranking positions in the party. He then released political dissidents that were confined to internal exile back into the population. Further, he legalized the formation of political parties allowed to run for Soviet office. These liberal steps opened the door to satellite states that were determined to secede from the Soviet Union. The new liberties that Gorbachev created eventually had a domino effect that caused the end of the Soviet Union in