The Collapse of the Soviet Union Cold War Knowledge Organiser

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 3.3, The Collapse of Soviet Control in Eastern Europe, 1985-1991 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991

Includes profile on Mikhail Gorbachev, the KGB, Problems in the Soviet Union, Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’, The summits of 1985-1990, George Bush, INF and START treaties, the collapse of the Eastern block, the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Gorbachev’s resignation

The theatre masks represent Reagan, the cup represents Gorbachev, and the bush represents…Bush, the rest of the icons are illustrative