Cold War 20 - 'Assess the consequences for Eastern Europe in the 1990s of the collapse of Soviet power' Flashcards
What are the 4 factors for the question ‘assess the consequences for Eastern Europe in the 1990s of the collapse of Soviet power’
- Political instability
- Political stability
- Yugoslavian Civil War
- German reunification
- POLITICAL INSTABILITY
- POLITICAL INSTABILITY
What was the August Coup?
A coup d’etat led by the KGB chairman with other minister and generals to stop the signing of the New Union Treaty and turn the clock back to the days of authoritarian rule
When did Gorbachev resign and disband the Central Committee?
24th August 1991
When did the Soviet Union officially cease to exist?
25th December 1991
How many people were killed when Yeltsin shelled the White House in 1993?
147
When was the Chechen War fought and how many people died?
1994-1996, 100,000 deaths
When was the Velvet Divorce (dissolution of Czechoslovakia)?
1st January 1993
- POLITICAL STABILITY
What did the Bulgarian Communist Party rebrand itself as in April 1990?
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)
When was the BSP part of a coalition government?
1992 to 1994
When did the BSP win a majority in Bulgaria?
1994
What % of the vote did Lech Walesa win in the first Polish presidential election on November and December 1990?
74.25%
What did the Hungarian Communist Party the MSZMP rebrand itself as?
The Hungarian Socialist Party
What % of the vote did the Hungarian Socialist Party win in 1990?
11%
When did the HSP enter a coalition government?
1994
- YUGOSLAVIAN CIVIL WAR
When did Croatia and Slovenia declare independence?
June 1991
When did Bosnia-Herzegovina declare independence?
March 1992
Who won the first multi-party elections in Serbia in 1990?
The Communists
What parties won the elections in the rest of Yugoslavia?
Pro-nationalist parties
When did the Yugoslav army invade Croatia?
Summer of 1991
How many died in the war between Serbia and Croatia?
20,000
How many died in the war between Serbia and Bosnia?
100,000
How many people died in the 4 year siege of Sarajevo?
14,000 people
How many were massacred by Serbs in Srebrenica?
8000
How many people have been indicted for war crimes since the Yugoslavian Civil War?
161
How many people died in the Yugoslavian Civil War?
120,000 - 140,000
- GERMAN REUNIFICATION
What did the 4 wartime allies agree in 1990?
That West Germany should absorb the old east
What party led to Kohl won elections in Germany in March 1990 and what did they promise in their campaign?
Christian Democratic Union - wanted the quickest possible route to German reunification
How did the FRG convince Gorbachev to remove all 360,000 Soviet troops from East Germany?
They promised the USSR 12 billion DM if they removed all their troops by 1994
What treaty was signed on the 12th September 1990?
The 2 + 4 treaty
When was German reunification?
3rd October 1990
