Mikhail Gorbachev slowly opened up the Soviet government through Glasnost and other mild reforms. Glasnost allowed the people of the Soviet Union to speak freely and Churches to open. Another idea Gorbachev had was called Perestroika. Perestrokia was an economic reform which gave managers control over their Farms and Factorys. All of these reforms began to make other Eastern European nations change their way of thinking too. Eventually communism fell all across Europe leading to Germany's reunification.
