Impact of Reforms

Question 1

How did the Communist party suffer?

Answer 1

It divided the communist party into the more radical side and the traditional communists.

Question 2

How did the public react to all this new info?

Answer 2

Public knowledge about soviet history, such as what the government had done during the great terror, shocked the population and led to the even greater unpopularity of the government.

Question 3

What was the problem with free media?

Answer 3

Free media led to the communist party being undermined.

Question 4

How did the creation of new positions in government fail?

Answer 4

Often positions were never filled and the positions that were filled often had more authority than Gorbachev himself.