Question

How might the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 have been an important turning point for the Soviet Union?

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West Germany, East Germany reunite, Oct. 3, 1990. On this day in 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of division that began in the aftermath of World War II by reuniting to become one nation. ... In 1952, communist East Germany closed its borders to the West.The forces it unleashed, such as freedom of speech (glasnost), by Gorbachev inside his country had devoured the communist parties of Eastern Europe. ... The USSR negotiation of Germany's reunification resulted on July 16, 1990 with an agreement between Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl. On October 2, 1990, the GDR ceased to exist...... thnk u