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Unit 6 : How Secure was the U.S.S.R. Control Over Eastern Europe?…
Unit 6 : How Secure was the U.S.S.R. Control Over Eastern Europe?
HUNGARIAN UPRISING
The USSR was using Hungary for it’s own benefit and this made the Hungarian upset.
The Hungarians protested by demanding many things like, a new leader, withdraw of the “Red Army”, and leaving the Warsaw Pact.
The New leader of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev responded with bringing in the army and in two weeks 3,000 Hungarians were killed and 200,00 fled to Austria.
The leaders of the uprising were imprisoned and the new president, Imre Nagy, was executed.
PRAGUE SPRING
By 1968 the Czechs in the Capital, Prague, were tired of the lower standard of living, lack of Freedoms, and the One-Party system.
The Czech government allowed more political parties to exist and relaxed the ban on some freedoms like censorship of the press.
Even though the leader, Alexander Dubcek, promised to stay in the Warsaw Pact, the USSR still invaded his country to avoid the spreading of these ideas into Eastern Europe.
BERLIN WALL
germans leave because some were for political reasons and other because they hated the communist.
Many Germans were unhappy with the USSR running their country, due to the low standard of living and lack of basic freedoms.
The Berlin Wall also became a symbol for the Cold War but eventually it was made useless in 1989 when the Germans refused to be held back by it.
POLANDS SOLIDARITY
Regular protests in Poland usually about wages or food.
Small independent trade unions were set up and strikes broke out all over the country.
The union was strongest in the most important industries to the government and Russia.
USSR COLLAPSE
During the 1980’s the USSR was having economic problems due to a lack of growth and over spending on the military and life
Mikhail Gorbachev decided to make some changes to the Communist system.
One of these changes was called Glasnost,or “Openness”, this allowed more freedom of speech for the press and transparency in government.
Another change was called Perestroika, or “Restructuring”, this allowed some elements of Capitalism into the USSR’s economy.