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=**End of the Cold War**= When the Soviet Union collapsed, several new nations formed. Mikhail Gorbachev tried to save the U.S.S.R. by allowing more freedoms, but it didn't stop the movement towards democracy in Eastern Europe. Boris Yeltsin became the leader of the Russian Republic. The U.S. economy would be hindered by a reduction in defense spending since the Cold War was over.

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