mikhail gorbachev
-After Brezhnev there were two short term leaders in Russia:
-Yuri Andropov 1982-1984 (died)
-Konstantin Chernenko 1984-1985 (temporary replacement)
-Gorbachev took over in 1985
-Began "developed socialism" where he wanted to rid the USSR of corruption
-Gorbachev was forced to change his ways after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster
-Parellel to Lenin and Kronstadt mutiny
-Yuri Andropov 1982-1984 (died)
-Konstantin Chernenko 1984-1985 (temporary replacement)
-Gorbachev took over in 1985
-Began "developed socialism" where he wanted to rid the USSR of corruption
-Gorbachev was forced to change his ways after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster
-Parellel to Lenin and Kronstadt mutiny
Glasnost 1986
-The term was interpreted in the west as 'openness'
-This policy shocked both his people and the West
-For the first time since the Tsars a leader encouraged open debate about the country
-The results were:
-Less censorship
-A change of view of Soviet history
-Andrei Sakharov was freed from exile (developed the hydrogen bomb in Russia)
-Stalin was denounced
-Gorbachev announced socialism still hadn't arrived
-This policy shocked both his people and the West
-For the first time since the Tsars a leader encouraged open debate about the country
-The results were:
-Less censorship
-A change of view of Soviet history
-Andrei Sakharov was freed from exile (developed the hydrogen bomb in Russia)
-Stalin was denounced
-Gorbachev announced socialism still hadn't arrived
perestroika 1987
-Gorbachev published a book with this title, which means "restructuring" it included:
-Denounced Stalin
-Notion of one ideology one party
-Admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes
-That he wanted to return to détente
-He wanted reform
-Denounced Stalin
-Notion of one ideology one party
-Admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes
-That he wanted to return to détente
-He wanted reform
gorbachev's mistakes to reform
- Anti-alcohol campaign - cost state in revenue
-Investment in machinery and tool industry with little return
-Glasnost backfired in that people began hoarding common goods
-Deficit grew annually
-He continued the war in Afghanistan too long
-His high ranking officials were based on loyalty rather than reform mindedness
-Investment in machinery and tool industry with little return
-Glasnost backfired in that people began hoarding common goods
-Deficit grew annually
-He continued the war in Afghanistan too long
-His high ranking officials were based on loyalty rather than reform mindedness