Dismantling communism. The external determinants of systemic change in the USSR

The article outlines the external conditions for systemic change in USSR: ideological weakness of system; dysfunctionality based on divergences resulting from historical experience Central and Eastern European countries; inefficiency socialist economies, weakening potential USSR; a number events international space setting tone character future transformational changes. These factors had to not only exist, but also create certain configuration events, where each piece puzzle its causes consequences. As result this process, there were subsequent changes that led emergence Russian Federation as heir USSR with all implications.