theme 5: fall of the USSR 1985-91 Flashcards
when did Gorbachev become general secretary
1985
Twenty-Seventh party congress
February 1986
Gorbachev attacks Brezhnev era as years of stagnation
when was the Chernobyl nuclear incident
April 1986
twelfth five year plan launched
1986
when were the laws on state enterprises enacted
1987
Plenum of the Central Committee
October 1987
Yeltsin attacks Gorbachev’s reforms
when was Yeltsin dismissed as first secretary in Moscow
November 1987
when was the legislation of co-operatives
January 1988
When was Yeltsin removed from the Politburo
February 1988
when was the nineteenth party congress?
June 1988
Principle of multi-candidate elections agreed
when were popular fronts formed in the Baltic republics
October 1988
When did Armenia announce its control over Nagorno-Karabakh
November 1988
when was the election to Congress of People’s deputies
March 1989
When were there demonstrations in Tbilsi, Georgia
April 1989
when was Gorbachev elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
May 1989
when was the 500 days Programme put in place?
October 1989
Called for rapid transition to a market economy
when was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
November 1989
When was article 6 repealed
March 1990
opened the way for new political parties to be established
When did Lithuania declare independence from the USSR
March 1990
When did Yeltsin resign from the communist party?
July 1990
when did Georgia declare independence
April 1991
when did Yeltsin become president of Russia
June 1991
when was the coup by the gang of 8
August 1991
when did the Soviet Union recognize the Baltic states as independent
August 1991
