What is one of the first things he does when he takes office?
100
Ensures political stability and
Party power/privileges at all costs
What is a partocracy.
100
Living standards up modestly
What happens to living standards.
100
This opens Communist Party to
criticism in Czech.
What did Prague Spring do?
200
USSR helps Ethiopia v Somalia and gets oil export routes.
What happens in Ethiopia?
200
A modest reform by using
sales and profits not quotas for
production targets.
What reforms Kosygin wished to put into place?
200
When most of the party is old people.
What is Gerontocracy?
200
Because of state control that has full and active control of media.
How does the government stifle dissent in the media?
200
Relaxation of tension (mostly with US)
What is Détete
300
This invasion kills détente.
What did the Afghan invasion kill?
300
They are abolished
What happens to term limits?
300
This reaffirms Party Dominance.
What did the 1977 constitution do?
300
10% of total population
How much of the population was part of the party?
300
Fear of nuclear war
Costs of arms race
USSR needs western tech.
USSR has caught up to US (ICBMs) militarily and
welcomes a pause
Fear US/China cooperation
Why Détente?
400
Iran, Pakistan and probably CIA support
Muslim rebels.
Who fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan?
400
Yes, central planning resumes.
Does central planning resume?
400
Great security of position,
privileges and perks caused this.
Corruption under Brezhnev?
400
State propaganda trumpets Soviet
sports success, particularly Olympics
What happens between Poland and the USSR in regards to the Solidarity Union moment?
500
It grew until 1973.
What happened to the economy under Brezhnev?
500
Few citizens believe in
communism, the Party or the
system.
What is cynicism
500
Most of Khrushchev's religious
persecution ended.
What did Brezhnev do with religion?
500
A Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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