AP World History Chapter 35 Renewed Turmoil in the 1990s Flashcards
What was mounted by who when?
An attempted coup was mounted by military and police elements in the summer of 1991.
Who’s what and what were what?
Mikhail Gorbachev’s presidency and democratic decentralization were both threatened.
In the what of the what, who’s authority weakened?
In the aftermath of the attempted coup, Mikhail Gorbachev’s authority weakened.
Leadership of the what, including what, became relatively what?
Leadership of the key republics, including the massive Russian republic, became relatively stronger.
The three what used the occasion to gain what though what with who remained?
The three Baltic states used the occasion to gain full independence though economic links with the Soviet Union remains.
Who proclaimed what as well, but who struggles to win what on continued what and some other what?
Other minority republics proclaimed independence as well, but Mikhail Gorbachev struggles to win agreement on continued economic union and some other coordination.
By when who the what, including who, proclaimed the what of the what, projected a what of the what, including the grain-rich what, instead?
By the end of 1991 leaders of the major republic, including Boris Yeltsin, proclaim the end of the Soviet Union, projected a commonwealth of the leading republics, including the grain-rich Ukraine, instead.
Amid what who fell from power, doomed by his attempts to salvage a what that depended on some what of a what?
Amid the disputes Mikhail Gorbachev fell from power, doomed by his attempts to salvage a presidency that depended on some survival of a greater Soviet Union.
Who’s leadership role was taken over by who?
Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership role was taken over by Boris Yeltsin.
The former what gave way to the loose what?
The former Soviet Union gave way to the loose Commonwealth of Independent States.
What immediately surfaced about what amid what of what, what, and about what between what?
Tensions immediately surfaced about economic coordination amid rapid dismantling of state controls, control of the military, and about relationships between the European-dominated republics.
By when, the what of who deteriorated as the what performed badly, who pulled in huge fortunes, and who’s what worsened?
By the late 1990s, the leadership of Boris Yeltsin deteriorated as the economy performed badly, individual profiteers pulled in huge fortunes, and Yeltsin’s health worsened.
A what broke out with the what of what?
A bitter civil war broke out with the Muslim region of Chechnya.
When was who named what of what?
In 1999, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia.
Who declared his what to what and a what but also sponsored new what on what and what?
Vladimir Putin declared his commitment to democracy and a free press but also sponsored new attacks on dissident television stations and newspapers.
