valentin pavlov was the soviet premier when the soviet union collapsed in 1991, formally ending the cold war.
valentin pavlov was the soviet premier when the soviet union collapsed in 1991, formally ending the cold war.
who was the soviet premier when the soviet union collapsed in 1991 formally ending the cold war?
valentin pavlov
along with eduard shevardnadze – soviet foreign minister – pavlov was the only nominee from ryzhkov's second government to be overwhelmingly elected by the supreme soviet of the soviet union. as minister of finance, pavlov was supportive of the marketisation of the soviet economy, having overseen a rapid increase in the soviet money supply and the increase in inflation it caused. pavlov also set the exchange rate for the rouble against the american dollar on the soviet black market. in 1993 he proudly admitted that during his tenure as minister of finance, and later prime minister, he had deceived several western banks and creditors by lying about the soviet union's gold reserves. in 1989, pavlov gathered together enough information on the errors and omissions of ivan silayev, the future soviet premier and russian sfsr premier, to weaken his position as deputy premier. silayev never forgave pavlov and relations between the two grew even more icy when pavlov became soviet premier.
valentin pavlov
soon after taking office, reagan began implementing sweeping new political and economic initiatives. his supply-side economic policies, dubbed "reaganomics", advocated tax rate reduction to spur economic growth, economic deregulation, and reduction in government spending. in his first term he survived an assassination attempt, spurred the war on drugs, and fought public sector labor. over his two terms, the economy saw a reduction of inflation from 12.5% to 4.4%, and an average annual growth of real gdp of 3.4%. reagan enacted cuts in domestic discretionary spending, cut taxes, and increased military spending which contributed to increased federal outlays overall, even after adjustment for inflation. foreign affairs dominated his second term, including ending the cold war, the bombing of libya, the iran–iraq war, and the iran–contra affair. in june 1987, four years after he publicly described the soviet union as an "evil empire", reagan challenged soviet general secretary mikhail gorbachev to "tear down this wall!", during a speech at the brandenburg gate. he transitioned cold war policy from détente to rollback by escalating an arms race with the ussr while engaging in talks with gorbachev. the talks culminated in the inf treaty, which shrank both countries' nuclear arsenals. reagan began his presidency during the decline of the soviet union, and the berlin wall fell just ten months after the end of his term. germany reunified the following year, and on december 26, 1991 (nearly three years after he left office), the soviet union collapsed.
ronald reagan