Gorbachev brought many reforms to Russia. These are the reasons for introducing the reforms:
- After the WW II, Soviet Union became a real Superpower. In the armament race, Soviet Union became equal to America. But it had to spend a lot of its resources for that. The economy of the Soviet Union was not that strong.
- Soviet Union was far behind the West in technology.
- In the Soviet system there were elements of autocracy and bureaucracy. People were not happy with that system.
- It was the Communist Party that led the Government. It also controlled all Institutions in the country. The Party had no responsibility to the people.
- Soviet Union utterly failed to full fill the political and economic needs of the people.
