Brezhnev

Question 1

Brezhnev Doctrine

Answer 1

1968, after Prauge spring
“No country in Eastern Europe should be allowed to abandon communism
We shall use force to ensure this”

Gave the USSR the right to intervene in the affairs of other Socialist countries in effort to support communism

Question 2

example of the Brezhnev doctrine in practice

Answer 2

Justification of Prauge spring :

Reformist leader Dubček introduced liberalizing reforms: more freedom of speech, press, and limited political pluralism.
The USSR and Warsaw Pact allies saw this as a threat to socialist unity…
In August 1968, Soviet-led troops invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the reforms.

Question 3

Breznehv’s Constitution significance

Answer 3

1977
Article 6 - “The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) is the leading and guiding force of Soviet society and the nucleus of its political system.”
it legally enshrined the Communist Party’s monopoly on power.