What was the succession of events that led to the fall of the Soviet union and how did it affect eastern Europe

A number of events and uprisings in the 1980 are led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. USSR's leader, Gorbachev, had a policy of openness a called Glasnost. ... Last, in the Soviet Union, the failed August Coup in 1991 led to the end of the Communist party in USSR.

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b) that he was not a free man

union blockade

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the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.