Glasnost, 1986–88 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Meaning of glasnost
Meaning of glasnost
Openness
Who oversaw Soviet media reform from 1986
Who oversaw Soviet media reform from 1986
Aleksandr Yakovlev
When was Twenty-Seventh Party Congress
When was Twenty-Seventh Party Congress
February-March 1986
Dissident invited back to Moscow, Dec 1986
Dissident invited back to Moscow, Dec 1986
Andrei Sakharov
Who publicly criticised Marx & Lenin in 1988
Who publicly criticised Marx & Lenin in 1988
Aleksandr Tsipko
When was Nineteenth Party Conference
When was Nineteenth Party Conference
June 1988
When was Chernobyl disaster
When was Chernobyl disaster
April 1986
Examples of moderate faction leaders in Party
Examples of moderate faction leaders in Party
Egor Ligachev and Nikolai Ryzhkov
Examples of radical faction leaders in Party
Examples of radical faction leaders in Party
Boris Yeltsin and Aleksandr Yakovlev
Major unintended consequence of glasnost
Major unintended consequence of glasnost
Criticism of entire Soviet system & demands for independence