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Fall of the USSR Flashcards

1
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Gorbachev becomes leader of USSR

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1985

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2
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Perestroika

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1985

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3
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Uskorenie (acceleration), rationalisation policy

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1985-1986

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4
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Chernobyl disaster

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1986

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5
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Twelfth 5 Year Plan

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1986

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6
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Glasnost

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1986

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7
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27th Party Congress ‘Genuine Democracy’

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Feb 1986

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8
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Reform policy of Perestroika

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1987-1990

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9
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Law on State Enterprises

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1987

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10
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Yeltsin attacks Gorbachev’s reforms

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Oct 1987

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11
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Yeltsin dismissed as 1st Secretary in Moscow

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Nov 1987

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12
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Co-operatives legalised

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Jan 1988

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13
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Yeltsin removed from Politburo

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Feb 1988

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14
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Start of conservative backlash

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Feb 1988

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15
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Democratisation and multi-candidate elections

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1988-1990

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16
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19th Party Congress = admission of scale of problems

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June 1988

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17
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Popular fronts in Baltics

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Oct 1988

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18
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Elections to Congress of People’s Deputies

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March 1989

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19
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Demonstrations in Georgia

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April 1989

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20
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Tblisi Massacre

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April 1989

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21
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Gorbachev is Chairman of Supreme Soviet

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May 1989

22
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500 Day Programme

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October 1989

23
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Formation of IRDG (radicals)

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1989

24
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Fall of Berlin Wall

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Nov 1989

25
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Article 6 repealed

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March 1990

26
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Lithuania gains independence

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March 1990

27
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Yeltsin resigns from Communist Party

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July 1990

28
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Georgia declares independence

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April 1991

29
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Yeltsin becomes President of Russia

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June 1991

30
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Hardliner’s Coup

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Aug 1991

31
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Rejection of New Union Treaty

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November 1991

32
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Dissolution of the USSR

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Dec 1991

33
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Transformation policy of Perestroika

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1990-1991

34
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Gorbachev’s resignation as President of USSR

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25th December 1991

35
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CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Agreement

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1991

36
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Growth of Nationalism

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1988-1990

37
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Anti-Alcohol Campaign

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May 1985

38
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Reintroduction of private property

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Jan 1991

39
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27th Party Congress

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Feb and March 1986

40
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Gorbachev’s proposed new union treaty

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1990

41
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Gorbachev’s proposed referendum

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March 1991

42
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9+1 agreement

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April 1991

43
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Russia elected its own president

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June 1991

44
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Complete draft of the treaty of the Union of Sovereign States

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July 1991

45
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Emergency Committee set up

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18 August 1991

46
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Emergency Committee anounced Gorbachev’s resignation

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18 August 1991

47
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Coup collapsed

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21 August 1991

48
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Gorbachev’s resignation

A

25 December 1991

49
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USSR formally ceased to exist

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31st December 1991

50
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CIS established

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21st December 1991

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