nationalism

Question 1

how did Gorbachevs purges impact nationalism?

Answer 1

Gorbachev replaced officials in the republics with ethnic Russians which angered the local people and contributed to nationalist sentiment

Question 2

how did glasnost impact nationalism?

Answer 2

Because the government revealed Stalin’s poor treatment of national minorities, many were very angry.
Soviet citizens also became increasingly aware of how bad their living conditions were compared to those in the West.

Question 3

examples of nationalist activism?

Answer 3

-There were protests against the regime in 1988 in Azerbaijan and in 1989 Uzbeks killed Meskhetians, members of a Muslim minority group, while protests erupted in Georgia.

-Environmental activism gathered pace following the explosion at Chernobyl.

-in the Baltic states, popular resistance fronts developed as people sought their independence.

Question 4

what did nationalism expose?

Answer 4

the growing unpopularity for the communist party

Question 5

what did Gorbachev give to the baltic states?

Answer 5

greater autonomy

Question 6

when did gorbachev attempt to sign a treaty to decentralise the soviet union?

Answer 6

1990-91

Question 7

who disliked the treaty?

Answer 7

communist hardliners