The Impact of the Dissidents Flashcards
How many countries signed the Helenski Accord?
What did they agree to respect, that the treatment of dissidents violated?
33
“freedom of thought, conscience and belief”
ANDROPOV Records of cases were smuggled to __________________, and this led to bad publicity.
This irritated the soviet leadership, who were becoming increasingly concerned with their _____________.
Western human rights groups
International reputation
ANDROPOV With growing mass, worldwide communication, news of arrests of prominent dissidents could? (2 things)
Embarrass Soviet leaders
Damage Soviet diplomacy
Did dissidents ever threaten social/ political stability under Andropov?
No.
Did dissidents get much support from the Soviet Union general public under Andropov?
No— they got little
We’re dissidents under Andropov more a
-COLLECTION of INDIVIDUALS
or
- a COHERENT GROUP (even a movement?)
Collection of individuals
ANDROPOV
As dissidents for little support from the su general public and were more a collection of individuals who were not very organise, what happened in relation to their public demonstrations?
They struggled to organise the
They got limited support when they did
Name an example of a failed dissident protest.
1968— public protest organised about Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia— Red Square.
Only 7 people turned up!!
(Fear of secret police also played a big role)
As well as being disorganised, what other factor stopped dissidents getting much influence?
People were scared of the secret police — reluctant to get involved
By the end of the 1970s, what did Andropov’s measures succeed in doing?
Keeping dissident groups SMALL, DIVIDED, and in a state of MUTUAL DISTRUST
How did the methods of dealing with opposition change from Stalin to Andropov?
More subtle measures
Developments in technology of surveillance (bugging)— made it more sophisticated
PROFESSIONALISM, REPUTATION and STATUS of KGB grew considerably under Andropov’s leadership
