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Decline of Soviet control
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1968
Czechoslovakia and the Prage Spring
1981
Solidarity in Poland
1961
The Berlin Wall
1985
Mikhail Gorlachev´s rule
Change in the USSR policy
1956
Hungarian Revolution
Prague Spring
New leader borned
In 1967 Alexander Dubcek proposed a policy of socialism with human face
More freedom and reduction of activities of the secret police
He reassured Brezhnev that Czechoslovakia would not leave the Warsaw Pact
Ideas
Opponets were able to criticise
Freedom and no censorship
Soviets respond
To intimidate the Czechs, their troops performed public training excercise next to the country
Economic sanctions
Canceled exports
Although they did not do since they would search help in the west
Conference
Dubcek agreed not to allow new Socialist party
Although he reassured his new ideas
What happened?
In 1968 Soviet tanks moved into Czechoslovakia
There was a little violent resistance
However, Dubcek was removed easily
He was exiled
Brezhnev doctrine
One party system
Remain a member of The Warsaw Pact
The Berlin Wall
With all the events that were happened
The people knew that the only way to be free from the communism and the repression was escaping
The attraction of going to a capitalist country was GREAT
The division was mostly seen in Berlin
West Berlin had
Shops full of goods, great freedom, great wealth, etc
Only meters from the east
Days later lead into the creation of the wall
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The number of people crossing from the East to the West decreased drastically
All crossing points were canceled except for
CHECK POINT CHARLIE
In August 13 of 1961
Eastern soldiers created a human barried in the frontier
On October Soviet tanks pulled up Checkpoint Charlie and refused to allow any access
US and Soviet troops faced each one day
The Soviets pulled back
Solidarity in Poland
In 1979 was the worst year for polish industry
Meat increased in price
The workers from shipyard put 21 demands to the gov
They included a free trade union
The gov agreed
The memberships increased rapidly in some months
Succes
It was not a political party
Walesa was carefully with the negotiations
Was strogest in the principal industries
Their leader was a worker also
Chatolic Church support
The Soviets were occupied with the west
Lech Walesa
Leader of Solidarity
Was a symbol since was communist and also catholic
These was really complicated since the communists hate the west ideas, since the only devotion of them was the work
Work in shipyards
Was one more of all the workers that fought
Solidarity Fraction
The gov thought the trade would fraction since many people would want the power
Many fights would happen
Therefore they let them
This finally occurred
Was acting as a political party
The crisis in Poland continued
Inflation and poor wages
Martial Law and the problems
The prime minister resigned
Jaruzelski took the place
People expected the tanks
Walesa and he negotiated
When the negotiation broke
Brezhnev oredered to put in prision Walesa and 10000 members of Solidarity
Significance
Showed the weakness of the Soviet Union
The good living was imposible with a communist regime
Depicted the corruption
Organistations were capable of resisting the Soviets
The people had power to fight
Only by force the communist could stop their problems
Mikhali Gorbachev
Last leader of the USSR
Policies
He was idealist, although he thoutgh that the communist was the way to live
He wanted to reformed
He did not want to dismantel
Glasnot
Open debate on goverment policy and honesty in facing up to problems
Radical changes
Perestroika
Programme allowed market forces to be introduced into the Soviet Union
They could sell and buy for profit
International relations
He withdrew troops from Afganistan
International cooperation
He stopped the massive production of arms
The USSR was dismantel
The 25/12/1991
Final decline of Eastern countries
The 3 of October of 1990
Was the reunification of Germany after the decline of the Berlin Wall
In 1989 the Berlin Wall was thrown down
Hungary began dismantling the fences between them and Austria
Demonstrations in Czechoslovakia which introduced democratic reforms
Revolution in Romania
In 1990 the Baltic republics declared independence from the USSR