This is straight from the internet, "<span>The </span>causes<span> of the </span>fall of the Soviet Union<span> were many and included ethnic conflict, a lack of support for the idea of communism and economic troubles </span>caused<span> by a focus on arms. Despite reform efforts by Mikhail Gorbachev, the then leader of the</span>Soviet Union<span>, the country was never able to reorganize and rebuild."</span>
<span>Individual state governments</span>
