Conclusion

Question 1

Terror declining significantly

Answer 1

The fact that declined after Stalin died yet populationstill conformed due to the lingering memory of the previous brutality proved how significant factor wss in preserving contril

Question 2

Proof of less terror showing significance

Answer 2

Dissidents had little support from the general public and never threatened the social or political stability of country after Stalin’s death- epitomised by 1968 organised protest against Soviet invasion in Czech. Only 7 people

Question 3

Limits of censorship

Answer 3

Population got used to reading between the lines and rise of increasingly significant technologies, like computers, meant harder to restrict info

Question 4

Limits of cults

Answer 4

Too concentrated on image of leader so failures and atrocities blamed on the ideology, undermining govt control.

Question 5

Last sentence

Answer 5

Overall, the secret police were extremely significant in maintaining Communism because their terror tactics silenced enemies and preserved their ideology until 1985