Gorbachev EOY 10 Flashcards
What were the 5 summit meetings he was involved in?
- geneva
- reykjavik
- Washington
- moscow
- malta
What was the summits about?
Further limitations on nuclear weapons
When was the Geneva summit?
85
When was the Reykavik summit?
86
When was the washington summit?
87
When was the Moscow summit
88
What summit was the INF treaty agreed at?
Washington
What was the INF treaty?
Abolish of all land based misslies with a range of 500-5000 km
What happened in the Moscow summit?
A complex detail in the INF treaty was resolved.
What was the outcomes of the Geneva summit?
No formal agreements, a good working relationship
Outcomes of reykavik?
- both leaders realise USA won’t give up S-no formal relationship
- improved relations
What was Gorbachev’s policies?
- glastnoss
- perestrokia
- Brezhnev doctrine dropped
- withdraw arms spending
- pull out of afganistan
When does Gorbachev become leader?
85
What happens in Malta summit?
Gorbachev and Reagan basically agree to end cold war
What allows Soviot satellite states to choose how they want to be governed?
Dropping of the Brezhnev docrine
What encouraged citizens of satellite states to try and introduce changes to improve their freedom and human rights?
Glastnoss and Peristokia
What countries otherthrow communist goverments in 1989?
- hungary
- east Germany
- romania
- czech
- bulgaria
- yougoslavia
How did the dropping of the Brezhnev doctrine cause East germany to open up borders to West Berlin?
-lost were leaving for the West through Hungary and Austria,
Gorbachev refuses to help East German goverment to put down demostrstions
Borders open to West Berlin
-thousands publically pull the Berlin wall down
What year is the warsaw pact formally abolished?
1991
What did military co-operation between Warsaw pact members stop?
1990
