INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
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economic opportunities, money
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personal freedoms, economic opportunities
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gorbachev and his team of economic advisors then introduced more fundamental reforms, which became known as perestroika (restructuring).
Detailed explanation-2: -Demokratizatsiya (Russian: , IPA: [dʲɪməkrətʲɪˈzatsɨjə], democratization) was a slogan introduced by Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in January 1987 calling for the infusion of “democratic” elements into the Soviet Union’s single-party government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The regime maintained its political power by means of the secret police, propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, personality cultism, restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, political purges and persecution of specific groups of people.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, Gorbachev was meeting stiff resistance from bureaucrats and anti-reformist elements against his reformist policies. The establishment of the office of President of the Soviet Union was seen as an important tool to strengthen Gorbachev’s control over the state apparatus.