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Perestroika

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when was perestroika first implemented?
1987
when was gorbachev general secretary?
1985
what report highlighted the weaknesses in the soviet system? when was it written and who by?
the novosibirsk report 1983 zaslavskaya
what did the novosibirk report discuss?
inefficiences in the soviet economy
what did gorbachev say to his wife when he became the leader of the USSR?
we cannot go on living like this
which 2 people were promoted to the central committee and when?
yeltsin and yakovlev 1986
who was dismissed from the central committee? when and why?
1985 grigory ramonov, arch rival of gorbachev
how much % was spent on alcohol in the ussr?
15%
what did gorbachev declare in april 1985 about the vodka?
we cannot build communism on vodka
what 3 things did gorbachev do to reduce the amount of alcohol bought?
drinking age became 21, vineyards and distilleries closed, number of places you could buy alcohol was reduced
what were the 2 results of the crackdown on alcohol?
tax revenue decreased and people began drinking moonshine
when was the twelth five year plan?
1986-90
what was the focus of the 12th five year plan?
science and technology
what were the 6 problems with the plan?
investments that focused on construction needed more money, equipment out of date, soviet industry slow to import technology, agriculture sector was not beoming more efficient, focus remained on quantity rather than quality
what was set up to organise the economy?
superministries
which 2 organisations messed up gorbachev's chances of restructing the economy?
military and gosplan
how much was deficit in 1985-6?
2%-6%
government allowed firms to set up in ussr e.g. mcdonalds came to the ussr in 1990
encouragement of joint ventures 1987
loosened the control of wages, which reduced the power of gosplan
law on state enterprises june 1987
allowed small-scale private enterprises to be estalished which resulted in building cafes and small shops being built
co-operatives were legalised in 1988
how much was the growth rate in wages, industry and agriculture?
-4%, 1% and 2%
how much of soviet food was imported?
1/5
what happened to products that were made in state shops during perestroika?
they were transferred to a cooperative
how much was meat rationed in 1988?
26 out of 55 states
how much did urban wages rise after perestroika?
13%
when was the ussr in debt and strikes?
1989
when was the 500 day programme issued?
october 1989
who introduced the 500 days programme?
shatalin
when did the state commission of economic report issue the report that moving to a market-led economy?
july 1989
how much did output decrease in 1990-91?
1/5
did perestroika work?
no
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