End Of The Cold War Flashcards
What was the 1st olymic boycott and when was it ?
Moscow 1980 when the USA didnt attend the olymipcs to protest against USSR invading afghanistan . This meant that it wouldnt be that popular because the USA was a big country and a ones to watch countries typically favourites of events. 65 nations didnt attend
What was the 2nd boycott for and when was it ?
It was 1984 in los angles and the USSR and its satelitte states didnt attend it in retaliation of what they did the past year . They expressed they didnt want there athletes in what they considered a hostile feirce anti-communist environment
How was this a huge propoganda victory for the USA in 1980 ?
It was a huge propoganda victory because 65 other countries also boycotted and the soviets only used the olympics to promote and advertise communism
What was happening to russian econemy and why in 1985 ?
- the arms race and war with afghanistan were hugely costly
- soviets living standard and food production was poor and a lack of human rights
What was a propoganda symbol of how USSR were doing ?
The chernobyl incident showed thst the USSR was failing and it woke brezhnev up that the economy was bankrupt .
What were the two policies that tried to revive communism in 1985 ?
Glasnost - openness ( more freedom for people in the soviet states )
Perestrokia - restructuring of soviet economy ( allowed buisnesses to trade with west )
When was the warsaw pact dissolved and why ?
1991 becausw there was no purpose of it . In 1990 - lithuania lativia and estonia all declared independance
What was the significance of the fall of the berlin wall ?
1961 - nov 1989
- it was so significant because it signified that the soviet union was falling just like the wall
- people and family and friends could see eachother for the first time in a long while
When did a coup try overthrow gorbachev ?
August 1991 - gorbachev defeated them but his authority had been damaged
When did gorbachev ?
25th december 1991- announced of the break up of the soviet union
Why did Gorbachev try improve relations with the west ?
Because he wanted to create a good trade deal with the us to try get back on there feet . This was held over a course of summits between 1985 and 1989
What was 1989 reffered to as ?
The year of miracles because all of eastern europe broke free of soviet control which was huge because they wanted freedom for years and they didnt even get stopped from independence
