Education and Young People - Brezhnev's successes and failures

Question 1

1. What did Brezhnev aim to reverse?
   - What did he want to give Soviet people?
2. Which law relaxed requirements for students to be taught in Russian but laid down standards for teaching?
3. What law was introduced in 1970?
   - How many 18 year-olds were going to uni by 1980?

Answer 1

1. Khrushchev’s main reforms.
   - A quiet life and stability.
2. 1973 Fundamental Law on Soviet Education.
3. Law to update textbooks.
   - 8 million.

Question 2

1. Secondary education was no longer ________.
2. What did Brezhnev return to to ensure popularity amongst parents?
3. 1985: what were students required to study?
4. What was Brezhnev suspicious of?

Answer 2

1. Compulsory.
2. Strict discipline.
3. Same mix of subjects established in 1947.
4. Komsomol.