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Questions- What did Gorbachev declare that all countries had the right to do? Given the status of the Soviet republics, why was this declaration significant? How might the republics respond?

(My History teacher gave me this same question too LOL)

(But I really hope that my answer helps you!)

Answer- Gorbachev declared that all countries had a right to decide what kind of political and economic system they wanted. Given the status of the Soviet republics, the reason why this declaration is significant is because, it proclaimed the sovereignty of the Russian SFSR and the intention to establish a democratic constitutional state within a liberalized Soviet Union. The republics responded by taking advantage of their new freedoms. Therefore The groups and states began to call for sovereignty and secession from the soviet union.