Key Statistics Political Flashcards
What did glasnost reveal?
Stalin’s mass terror, famine of 1930s and the Katyn Massacre and Aral Sea
Chernobyl
Effect of Glasnost
Over 60,000 informal groups and clubs organising meetings
Wave of criticism against Party
Streamlining Party- How much were the departments of the CC reduced by?
20 to 9
Streamlining State- what was created?
Superministries Nov 1985 to co-ordinate economic planning. 5 ministries combined
What was the result of the clampdown on corruption?
Kunayev replaced as First Secretary of Party in Kazakhstan and replaced by ethnic Russian so rioted and several hundred protesters killed- blamed Gorb
What happened at the Nineteenth Party Conference of June 1988?
Gorb announced the principle of multi-candidate elections would be extended to national level with elections for the new Congress of People’s Deputies
When did the elections fir the new Congress of People’s Deputies take place?
March 1989- weakened irretrievably the power of the Comm Party
What ‘unofficial’ group that resembled a faction did Yeltsin assemble?
An Inter-Regional Group
What faction did conservatives form?
Soyuz
When was Article 6 repelled?
March 1990
Elections to local Soviets had seen Communist candidates defeated across the country. How many seats did the opposition secure in Leningrad?
60%
What was the name of Yeltsin’s group that won in the elections for the Russian Congress of People’s Deputies?
Democratic Platform
