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Period: to
1st period of SU
New Economic Plan 1922 -
Gorbachev born
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Period: to
2nd period of SU
Stalin-
Inductrialisation/ repression/ aggression -
Period: to
3rd period of SU
Stagnation and the Thaw -
Khrushchev secret speech
speech denouncing Stalin's repressive regime at 20th party conference -
Kosygin reform
Abandoned
attempted to move the economy more towards profitability. focused on decentralisation as well. -
Solidarity movement in Poland
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Brezhev dies and Andrapov becomes gen sec
(General Secretary) -
Andrapov dies and Chernenko becomes Gen Sec
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Chernenko dies and Gorbachev becomes Gen Sec
youngest member of the politburo (wanted someone who wouldn'd die) -
Chernobyl disaster
highly reported- believed more people could have been saved. Glasnost allowed for open reporting of it. -
Collapse of communism
cencorship of the press ended -
Strong nationalism in the Baltic states
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Collapse of communism
first independent political parties formed -
Period: to
4th period of SU
Perestroika-
from reform to collapse of the SU -
Gorbachev indirectly elected President
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Collapse of communism
COMMUNIST PARTY RENOUNCE THEIR 'LEADING ROLE' IN GOVERNING THE COUNTRY. -
August coup
KGB and a large number of party officials rose up against the government.
Yeltsin resisted the coup- tank speech
crushed as army refused to shoot on public. -
Gorbachev resigns from office