What 1956 speech marked the start of de-Stalinisation?
Secret Speech
What doctrine justified Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe?
Brezhnev Doctrine
What was the name of Gorbachev’s policy of economic restructuring?
Perestroika
What economic strategy did Yeltsin introduce in 1992 to reform Russia’s economy?
Shock Therapy
What policy aimed to increase agricultural production by farming new land?
Virgin Lands Campaign
In what year did Brezhnev come to power?
1964
What was the name of Gorbachev’s policy of openness?
Glasnost
What process transferred state-owned industries into private hands in the 1990s?
Privatisation
When did the Hungarian uprising happen?
1956
Which 1968 event involved Soviet troops invading a Warsaw Pact country? (an event and a country)
Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
Which nuclear disaster in 1986 exposed weaknesses in the Soviet system?
Chernobyl
Which conflict began in December 1994 within the Russian Federation?
First Chechen War
Which treaty was signed as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(Partial) Test Ban Treaty
Which countries are these leaders from?
USSR and East Germany
In what year did Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan?
1989
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Which summit Khrushchev refused to attend after the U-2 incident?
Paris Summit (1960)
Which 1972 treaty limited strategic nuclear weapons?
SALT 1
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What system allowed Russian citizens to buy shares in former state enterprises?
Voucher Privatisation