Chapter 28
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Decline of the Soviet Union
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The New Russia
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Revolutions in Eastern Europe
The Disintegration of Yugoslavia
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Europe and North America
Winds of Change in Western Europe
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Western Society and Culture
The Quickening Pace of change
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Eastern Europe
When the Soviets no longer sent troops to support the satellite countries, revolutions erupted throughout Eastern Europe. During all the chaos, Germany became one country and Yugoslavia lost all six of its republics that later become independent.