Break Up Of The Warsaw Pact And The Fall Of The USSR

Question 1

When was the Warsaw Pact formally dissolved

Answer 1

July 1991

Question 2

What were the causes to the start of the warsaw pact dissolving

Answer 2

The Brezhnev Doctrine being given up meant Satellite states could now leave the Warsaw Pact with no risk of invasion.

As the capitalist living standards were so much higher even with Gorbachev’s new reforms it meant that when the Warsaw Pact countries were allowed to leav they instantly did

Question 3

What was the ‘year of miracles’

Answer 3

1989

Question 4

What country was the first to open borders with the west

Answer 4

Hungary first opened borders with Austria in may 1989

Question 5

What happened in November of 1989 in Czechoslovakia

Answer 5

The Velvet revolution overthrew the communist goverment and Havel,an anti communist, becomes president

Question 6

What happened in Romania in December 1989

Answer 6

Leader Ceauesecu was excecuted on national TV and in turn overthrown

Question 7

What happened in December of 1989 in Bulgaria

Answer 7

Bulgarian communist leader Mlandenov resigned on national Tv

Question 8

Why was the Warsaw pact dissolved

Answer 8

After the collapse of communist goverments in Eastern Europe there was no need for it anymore

Question 9

Why did the Warsaw pact dissolve

Answer 9

After the collapse of the eastern european communist goverments there was no need for it anymore

Question 10

What led to the downfall of the Soviet union

Answer 10

Many Senior members of the Communist party blamed Gorbachev for the break up of the eastern bloc and felt he had weakened communism

A ‘gang of eight’ staged a coup to remove gorbachev which was initially successful but was then defeated by another group

And then Gorbachev returned but with his authority damaged he eventually resigned and announced the dissolution of the USSSR

Question 11

Why did Gorbachev resign

Answer 11

His authority had been damaged by the coup and his new constitution idea was rejected.So he resigned and dissolved the Soviet Union

Question 12

When was the USSR dissolved

Answer 12

December 1991

Question 13

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Question 14

What were the consequences of the dissolution of the USSR

Answer 14

Many of the republics that had been a part of the USSR began to gain independence
Gorbachev and Bush met in Malta to confirm and ending to the Cold War