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The Cold War
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Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in the year ____.
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1985
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1980
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1983
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1987
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1985
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union.
He was a firm communist but knew that his country was lagging behind the rest of the world and could no longer afford the expense of the Cold War.
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