1. What were the basic problems of the USSR that led to its collapse?

a. Economic problems? [Centralized command economy]
b. Political problems? [Single-party system]
c. Social problems? [Control of press, education, etc.]

2. What is Novosibirsk and what role did it play in reforming Russia?

a. Who is Tatyana Zaslavskaya? ['Perestroika']
b. Who is Adam Aganbegyan?
c. What is the Novosibirsk Report of 1983?

3. Who was Mikhail Gorbachëv?

Soviet Leaders
Lenin	1917-1924
Stalin	1927-1953
Khrushchëv	1956-1964
Brezhnev	1964-1982
Andropov	1982-1983
Chernenko	1983-1985
Gorbachëv	1985-1991

Syllabus

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