who was the leader of the soviet union that led the movement to restructure their political and economic syste
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That was Gorbachev.  He was the one who began perestroika and glasnost, the movements you are talking about.  Perestroika is a 'restructuring' and Glasnost, an 'easing of tensions'.  Glasnost was pretty exciting culturally from a foreigner's perspective, but I gather it was a very uncomfortable thing for some Russians to take in so many capitalist influences so quickly.  There were many growing pains through Perestroika and Glasnost.  That is why Gorbachev is much more fondly remembered throughout the world than in his Russian homeland.  I think it's a shame.
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he managed to\n\n\n* de-regulate the country’s tractor industry\n* shorten the alphabet by 33 letters\n* re-introduce the wheel\n* reduce the maximum working weekend from 18 to 16 hours\n* tie Molvania’s currency (the strubl) to the Latvian lit\n* establish the ‘Balkan 7’, a loose regional confederation of land-locked republics\n* amend the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights guaranteeing all citizens the right to bear a grudge\nBut for all these extraordinary reforms ‘Bu-Bu’ is perhaps best remembered for his visionary economic guidance during the 1932 Great Depression. These were dark days for the world and Molvania; hyper-inflation forced people to walk around with wheelbarrows full of money simply in order to make basic grocery purchases. In a move that out-foxed the global financial community, Szlonko Busjbusj dealt with the problem by declaring wheelbarrows legal tender.
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Stalin.  This man sent millions to death camps in his own country.  During WWII he didn't have a clue about military tactics and his forces were sent to slaughter.  He had his own soldiers killed.  He granted amnesty to prisoners if they fought in the war and when the war was over, sent them right back to prison.  The atrocities he committed were far beyond those of Hitler and he not only remained in power but was considered a savior by his people.
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Lenin was first.Stalin was later,But the theroy of communisam was started by Karl Marx.
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one word..money. Gorbachev was a centrist thinker who realized that communism was failing and trying to keep up with the US in the arms race was bankrupting the soviet economy. the Reagan government was very strong in its resolve against communism and the soviet empire as well. our strong economy could handle an arms race escalation, Gorbachev knew that the soviet economy could not. unfortunately for him, his perestroika reforms eventually led to his own demise, as the new openness it created bore fruit in the collapse of the communist Eastern bloc countries in the late 80's early 90's.
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Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin.\nWas Russian President from 1991 till 1999.
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The Bolshevik   Revolution ended years of tyrannical rule by the Czars. The Bolsheviks, however, were communists and replaced the tyranny of the Czars with their on murderous thugs like Stalin and Kreushev.
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Yeltsin's derailment of Gorbachev's plan to form a loose soviet federation.  Look up the quotes from Gorbachev, last week.  It will give you plenty to write about (e..g., What if Gorby was successful?).
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Churchill (UK), Rosevelt (USA) and Stalin (Soviet Union)
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Actually, since the Cold War started at the end of WWII, the leaders were:\nStalin\nKhrushchev\nBrezhnev\nAndropov\nChernenko\nGorbachev\nYesltsyn
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His ideas were the same as every other communist leader of the USSR...world domination.  Total enslavement of everyone.\n\nHe has NO impact on the world today.  You can thank Ronald Reagan.  Period.
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I would say Lennin. \n\nUnder his leadership the Russian Revolution too place and started the great communist experiment. He did not rule like Stalin, but he did know what he wanted for his beloved Russia.
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It ushered in communism and the beginning of the Soviet Union.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.\n\nSee link below for more info.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR
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Stalin was the leader of Russia during WW II.\n\nHitler had a treaty with Stalin that Germany would not attack Russia. But Germany broke the treaty and attacked Russia causing great damage (Russia was one of the worst affected countries of WW II). The Germans almost reached St. Peters burg. But winter came and that is when Russian striked back. The Russians were brutal during the war... and when the Russians surrounded Hitler's bunker in Berlin, Hitler committed suicide cause he himself feared what the Russians might do with him... so I would say the Russians played an equal role as America and its allies in bringing down Hitler.
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The Russian state was destabilised by World War 1 and the Tsar was overthrown by a popular revolution in spring 1917. There was a brief attempt at a provisional government led by liberals, but during 1917 Lenin was smuggled back into Russia from exile in Europe and his Bolshevik party eventually headed the October revolution and established the Soviet Union in the civil war of 1917-1922, eliminating the "Whites" (the old aristocratic government), the anarchists and the rival socialists.
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C\n\nCheck google for some sources, but http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/sep/11.htm