theme 5 - fall of the ussr essay

ussr - the 15 republics

glasnost - transparency

perestroika - reform

why did perestroika fall

resurgence of nationalism

renewed awareness of repubkics

introfuced too quick

lithuania, estonia latvia - baltic states

challenges faced in the ussr

— alchoholism

— nihilism #

— famine

— poor eductaion

— soviet spending was ¼ of GNP

—- red tsar legacy

— still not a modernised country

— cuban missile crisis

— reliance on oil - now taken over by arab

— afgan war

— still no sexual freedom

— quantity over quality of products and consimer industry

— chernobyl (1986)

— prague springa in eastern bloc