Stable society - Khrushchev and Brezhnev

Give four features of Brezhnev’s social contract.

Job security; low prices; social benefits; nomenklatura privileges; youth moulding

Give three signs living standards improved under Brezhnev.

Rising healthcare spending; savings growth; more consumer goods; rising wages; more party membership

Give two signs welfare extended to rural areas.

Health care and pensions extended 1964; internal passports 1975

Why was the black market important?

Filled shortages; provided imports; increased inequality

Give three negatives of full employment.

Inefficiency; labour shortages; no incentive; rigid management

Give three signs the social contract failed.

Rising female unemployment; declining health; regional inequality; nepotism

Give three examples of protest under Khrushchev and Brezhnev.

Temirtau 1959; Novocherkassk 1962; food riots; Moscow Metro bombing 1977