Fall of communsim

Question 1

Why did perestroika fall (limited market liberalisation)

Answer 1

only 750K/135M employed in private sector by 88

Question 2

how did glasnost fail

Answer 2

Chernobyl (apr 86) only learned about 2 days after by Soviet civilians

Question 3

unilateral arms reduction by Gorbachev

Answer 3

Apr 85 = banning ICBM development,
Dec 88 = drastic cuts to Soviet ground force

Question 4

Treaties for arms reduction

Answer 4

Washington (Dec 87) = IMF treaty for Europe
Moscow (July 91) = START signed (halve nuclear arsenal)

Question 5

Breakdown of USSR

Answer 5

Feb-Mar 90, CPSU gave up poewr monopoly + passes breakaway mechanism
90 = breakaway of ussr constituent republics (lithuania, moldovia, georgia etc)

Yeltsin declares russia sovereign June 90 and introduces capitalist reforms in aug (causes coup)

Question 6

Fall of Berlin wall

Answer 6

nov 89, reunified oct 90

Question 7

Soviet economics

Answer 7

80B paid to eastern bloc nations throguout 70’s
25% of soviet gnp to military throughout 80’s

Inneficient system
soviet gnp was so much less than per capita us: 37.1% (70) down to 30.8% (89)

Question 8

Reagan

Answer 8

Reagan doctrine : 687M to mujahedin
Launched SDI in 84
30% of GDP on miliary by 85 and IRMS to europe

Question 9

Polish slidairy

Answer 9

89 Lech walesa won power for solidarity movement
Mrch 85 publicly withdraws from brezhnev doctrine
Gorbachev refused to send in tanks

Question 10

Romanisn revolution (Deb 89)

Answer 10

nicole ceausecu = leader 65-89
Fired on demonstrtors, more than 1k dead
Christmas 89, summoned and executed and replaced with democracy