Gorbachev Flashcards
1
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Briefly describe the fall of the Soviet Union
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1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader
1986 - Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all nuclear missiles in Europe
[1989]
January - Removes troops from Afghanistan
June - Poland becomes independent
September - Hungary becomes independent
November - Berlin wall removed
December - Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria
[1990]
March - Lithuania becomes independent
May - Boris becomes president of Russia
October - Germany re-united
1991 - Fall of the Soviet Union
2
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What was Glasnost?
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- Social and political reforms
- Freedom of press
- News of corruption could be transmitted
- Introduce openness
- Reveal brutalness of Stalin
3
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What was Perestroika?
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- Restructuring
- Political, economic and social reforms
- Private ownership of industry and agricultural land
- Reduce state control over imports and exports
- Allow trade between non-eastern bloc countries
- Allowing foreign investments
- Increase in production and trade in consumer goods
4
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What were Gorbachev’s other reforms?
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- Reduce defense spending: nuclear arms race was an enormous drain, Red Army began to shrink
- Improve international relations: withdrew from Afghanistan and talked about international trust and cooperation
5
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What were his actions in Eastern Europe?
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- Promoted openness
- Wouldn’t stand in the way of democracy
- Wouldn’t use troops
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