The fall of the Soviet Union.

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Across
  1. 2. race - the competition between the US and the Soviet Union to develop and stockpile weapons
  2. 3. - the failed attempt by hardliners to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991
  3. 4. - the fall of this landmark symbolized the end of the Cold War
  4. 7. - the last leader of the Soviet Union
  5. 10. - the movement towards greater self-determination among the Soviet republics
  6. 12. - the sudden and dramatic dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
  7. 13. - the policy of greater political openness and transparency
  8. 15. - the government and society of the former USSR
Down
  1. 1. - the process of moving towards a more democratic system of government
  2. 5. - the political ideology of the Soviet Union
  3. 6. - the economic system that replaced the centrally-planned economy of the Soviet Union.
  4. 8. - the first president of the Russian Federation after the collapse of the USSR
  5. 9. - the group of countries aligned with the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  6. 11. - the political and economic reform movement initiated by Gorbachev
  7. 14. - the term used to describe the peaceful transition of power in Czechoslovakia