dissidents and popular discontent Flashcards
how did Andropov use terror
he didn’t want to use mass terror so instead used secret police to target specific individuals e.g. dissidents
what were Andropov’s targets called
dissidents
what were some of Andropov’s strategies
he allowed dissident artists to emigrate 100,000 allowed to leave
sent opponents to mental hospitals to be treated with electric shocks and drugs
invested in surveillance
used pressure by formal warnings 70,000 received in 1970s
sacked dissidents e.g intellectuals ended up as cleaners for anti-Soviet attitudes
bulldozer’s sent to destroy illegal art exhibition
did Andropov succeed
yes and no, still existed but in small groups dissidents still produced home made magazines, literature and poetry that was counter revolutionary
they never threated social or political state of country
who were dissidents
intellectuals as they thought independently due to status e.g scientists using foreign research which was banned
political dissidents, people who tried to hold govt accountable
nationalists, Ukrainians who wanted culture and independence
religious dissidents, catholics
what was discontent based on
economic concerns e.g living standards, quality and quantity of food and consumer goods
what did Andropov do to deal with discontent
anti corruption, investigated officials like minster of interior who used soviet resources to make themselves rich
anti alcohol campaign, sacking workers for being drunk
operation trawl, KGB officers vised open areas and arrested people who were drunk or absent from work.
was Andropov’s reforms successful
yes in short term operation trawl reduced absence from work but Andropov became too ill to sustain campaigns
