... concentrated into the hands of the Communist party. Free press and civil freedoms were suppressed, likewise censorship and propaganda were widely used. Apart from that, there was state ownership of the economy, so no private enterprise was allowed. The Communist Party interfered and controlled every aspect of political, social, cultural and economic life. This situation was not different in other eastern countries, because this communist trend on these countries stemmed from Soviet Union, and also it had a position of leader country on these countries for communism. However, this strict political system brought about serious economic, political, and social problems in the Eastern Europe and USSR, so it had begun to collapse after the 1980s. It seems to me that there are three main reasons of collapse of communism in these countries; weakening in politic power, corruption in social structure, and economic failure. The first factor that contributed to the ...

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