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How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe (Prague spring,…
How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe
Hungarian uprising
Catholic church was banned by the USSR
They disliked the soviet living in their country
They had no freedom of speech
Prague spring
Czech wanted lees censorship, more freedom of speech and a reduction in the activities of the secret police
The USSR tried to argued with Dubcek to slow him down
Troops performed very public training exercise right on the czech border
Dubcek was removed of power and even though Dubcek expressed loyalty to communists and the warsaw pact
Corruption in government was extremely bad, Communist party members could get things that the ordinary citizens could not.
USSR collapse
Gorbachev did not want to end communism, only change it for the better.
Gorbachev and Reagan had 3 meetings where they decided to remove some nuclear missiles and agreed to inspections to prove they had done so.
Berlin wall
on august 13 1961 East German soldiers erected a baredwire barrier along the entrie frontieer between East and west berlin ending all free movement from east to west
west Germany had shops full of goods and great freedom, great wealth and great variety
The Hungarian uprising showed for many people in Eastern Europe that it was impossible to fight communists
Poland solid
Workers began to set up trade unions which would organize strikes in order to make changes. -The Communist Gov’t cracked down on these union strikes (arrests, loss of jobs).
USSR placed tanks and troops on the border with Poland.
the poland economy was in bad shape