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This paper examines various factor that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to the paper, the major cause was the United States, which had opposed Soviet communism for more than seventy years through global alliances, military force, and economic pressure. The paper contends that ultimately the Soviet Union collapsed because of interrelated domestic and foreign factors caused by the Cold War rivalry with the United States.

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"The most important factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union was the United States. As the leading capitalist democracy, the United States opposed Soviet communism for more than seventy years through global alliances, military force, and economic pressure. Ultimately, the Soviet Union collapsed because of interrelated domestic and foreign factors caused by the Cold War rivalry with the United States. The Soviet people had suffered for far too long under communist rule, and would no longer..."

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