The End of the Cold War – The Events of 1989 (Grade 12 NSC Matric History): Flashcards
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Four major challenges Gorbachev faced
Four major challenges Gorbachev faced
Rigid thinking, economic stagnation, global revolution, Afghan war
Challenge of rigid thinking in USSR
Challenge of rigid thinking in USSR
Inflexible bureaucracy resistant to change
Economic challenge facing communist bloc
Economic challenge facing communist bloc
Severe economic stagnation & social/political failures
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan date
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan date
December 1978
Perestroika definition
Perestroika definition
Economic restructuring of Soviet system
Glasnost definition
Glasnost definition
Political openness and freedom of speech
Key feature introduced by glasnost
Key feature introduced by glasnost
Freedom of the press
Relationship between perestroika & glasnost
Relationship between perestroika & glasnost
Designed to work together/interconnected
Ultimate objective of Gorbachev's policies
Ultimate objective of Gorbachev's policies
Strengthen Soviet socialism, not destroy it
Outcome of perestroika & glasnost
Outcome of perestroika & glasnost
Complete collapse of Soviet socialism