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USSR Control of the People - Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko Flashcards

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In an attempt to make a greater consumer society, what proliferated?

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TV, magazines and radios

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What was the women’s magazine that published letters of women’s troubles?

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Rabotista

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In the satirical magazine ____ who did they poke fun at?

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Krokodil - men who arrived at parades drunk, late or not al all

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What did Khrushchev introduce to ‘liberalise’ modern media?

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The cultural ‘thaws’

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In 1950, how many TVs had been produced?

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10,000

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By 1957, how many TVs were there?

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Just under 3 million

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What did films focus on?

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Traditional themes such as war and building socialism

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What 2 events in 1961 and 1963 encouraged people to watch 5 hour programmes on their TVs?

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1961 - Yuri Gargarian space

1963 - Valentina Tereshkova

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What did films under Brezhnev focus on?

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High fashion and luxury apartments in an attempt to get more people to buy consumer goods

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Why did Brezhnev’s tactic of TV appearances backfire?

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He was very ill and therefore seen as ill on TV

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What magazines became more popular?

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Western magazines such as vogue

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What was so controversial about Khrushchev’s cult of personality?

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He had denounced Stalin’s cult of personality during his destalinisation speech in 1956 yet now has one of his own

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What other cult of personality did Khrushchev revive?

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Lenin’s

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How was Kh depicted in soviet propaganda?

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As one of Lenin’s disciples / responsible for the successes of the space missions / a respected statesman

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Why did Kh’s cult become problematic in the 1960s?

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Kh has associated himself with the success of the VLS, however as it started to fail, this backlashed on his career/ corn campaign = disaster / awful foreign policy

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Why did Brezhnev adopt a cult of personality?

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To consolidate his position / To stabilise the regime

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17
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What 4 aspects did the cult of Brezhnev have?

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Loyal Lenninist / military hero / foreign affairs / true man of the people

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What did Brezhnev hold to mark important celebrations? When was the first one and what was it for?

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Held festivals / first one in 1967 / marked the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution

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Why was Brezhnev’s cult counter-productive?

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He lived luxuriously - not a man of the people / war veterans hated B’s WW2 role / Young people knew the size of the army during the cold war therefore, was it really peaceful

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What was Khrushchev’s outlook on religion?

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Didn’t like it - wanted to revive the anti-religious campaigns of the 1920s

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What did Kh do with religion in 1958?

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Closed the churches that had recently been opened after ww2 / reintroduced anti-religious propaganda

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22
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What religious buildings did Kh close in 1959?

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Roman Catholic monasteries

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23
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What did kh use as a way to spite religion?

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The space race - Yuri Gargarian said ‘when I went up to the heavens I saw no God’

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Who was targeted greatly by the religious suppression?

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Women as they made up 2/3rds of church goers

25
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How many churches did the KGB successfully close in 1958 and 1964?

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1958 - 8000

1964 - 5000

26
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What did Khrushchev’s religious strategies lead to?

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New dissent against the govt.

27
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What did Brezhnev end in accordance to religion?

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Khrushchev’s religious suppression

28
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What did B advocate instead of suppression?

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Atheism

29
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Which religious groups did B’s government start supporting?

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Anti-west Islam groups

30
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Did B’s policies fail or succeed?

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Neither, the proportion of religious people stayed at 20% from 1960-1985

31
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In what year was Andropov promoted to head of the KGB?

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1967

32
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What was Andropov’s goal as head of the KGB?

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To supress dissidents (max control through min. violence)

33
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Who were Sakharov and Solzhenistyn?

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Dissidents:
Sak = 1964 led a campaign to expel Lysenko (kh’s favourite scientist) as he was corrupt - got a lot of western attention so was sent into internal excile
Solz = Russian nationalist

34
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In what year and what policy did Andropov enact that increased surveillance and action?

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1968 - policy no. 0051

35
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To increase KGB efficiency, what measures were introduced?

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KGB agents who broke the law were sacked / KGB agents were not allowed to accept gifts

36
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What were high profile dissidents allowed to do?

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emigrate

37
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Why did high profile dissidents emigrate?

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This would produce less international backlash and coverage

38
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What happened to low profile dissidents?

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They were subject to repressive psychiatry

39
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Why was repressive psychiatry used?

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Documentation was private meaning it was easier for the government to hide / Treatment could be indefinite / People could be prescribed medicine to keep them quiet

40
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What did Andropov change emphasis from and to when he became leader?

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From repression to prevention

41
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How many warnings were given out in the 1970s?

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70,000

42
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In what year was the official warning scheme brought in?

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1972

43
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What year was the Law and order campaign and what did it crack down on?

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1979 - cracked down on alcoholism, corruption and hooliganism

44
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What year was the Helsinki agreement and what did it do?

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1975 - Committed countries in Europe to respect human rights (not legally binding)

45
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In what year did Andropov become leader of the USSR?

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1982

46
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How did the KGB maintain surveillance?

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Phone tapping / Spying

47
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What were the reasons for popular discontent within the USSR?

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standards of living increased v slowly / insufficient promotion opportunities / less incentive / resentment of party privileges

48
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Socially, what increased?

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alcoholism / increase in demands for western goods / avoidance of military service

49
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How did Andropov deal with discontent?

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Greater discipline measures: anti-alcoholism, anti-corruption/ operation trawl

50
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How did the ballet help revive the USSR?

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Bolshoi ballet’s Spartacus with Yuri Grigorovich’s choreography won international praise in 1968

51
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What 3 groups of artists and intellectuals were there?

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Obedient functionaries - acted with the system
Loyal opportunists - critical of the system byt expressed this through official channels
Dissidents -against the system

52
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How many writers had written over 10,000 pieces of anti-Soviet documents?

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1292

53
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What year was the Sinyavsky - Daniel trial?

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1966

54
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What were Sinyavsky and Daniel sentenced to?

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7 and 5 years in a gulag

55
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In the 1970s, how many artists were receiving repressive psychiatry treatment?

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7000-8000

56
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What year was Prague Springs?

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1968

57
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What did Prague Springs do?

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Showed that whole states wanted to break away from the soviet union - Czechoslovakia

58
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What was the ‘forest ritual’ of 1968

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  • A picture of women naked in the woods - a direct attack on the prohibition of women’s nudity
59
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In what year did government bulldozers crash an art exhibition and what was it called?

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1974 ‘Bulldozer Exhibition’

A Level History (7 decks)

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