Exam 52: Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

Describe the end of communist rule and the breakup of the Soviet Union. During this time, which ruler was more significant: Gorbachev or Yeltsin? Defend your answer with examples.

Which English word best describes the Russian term  glasnost ?

After World War II, how did the Soviet Union gain control of Poland?

How many of the former Soviet republics opted to join the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991?

Term for identification: Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

What was the major hallmark of Leonid Brezhnev's foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s?

Term for identification: apparatchik

After being deposed in 1989, what was generally the fate of the old discredited leaders of various Eastern European Communist parties?

Term for identification: peaceful coexistence

Perestroika is a Russian term that may very simply be defined in English as ____________________.

What best describes Tito's brand of communism in Yugoslavia?

____________________ was the electrician who led the nationwide peaceful protest called Solidarity.

How did the Soviet puppet government leaders in post-World War II Eastern Europe differ from Stalin?

Describe the issues facing Eastern Europe in 1989. Was Eastern Europe successful in solving these issues? Support your answer with examples.

____________________ led a group of reformers in 1991 that prevented the Russian hardliners' attempted coup of Russia.

What was the purpose of the Brezhnev Doctrine?

What was the only feature of Khrushchev's system that Brezhnev preserved?

Describe the structure of the Stalinist system from 1945 to 1953. How would you assess its successes and failures? Defend your answer with examples.

The Soviet Union and the United States fought the last surrogate war in what region?

What was true of Soviet Russia under the Brezhnev regime?​