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Although Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "perestroika" was intended to restructure the economy it helped to bring about the end of the Cold War because

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As it restructured the economy, it also inadvertently brought about democratic ideals, and led towards the eventual elected form of government for the USRR
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allowing free market trade caused the communist economic system to collapse and left elites controlling the wealth.

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