Foundations 099-10 'Russia and the Internet'
The Russians Chapter 2
The Brezhnev Generation
Professor Robert Beard

 

  1. What sort of 'genetic depletion' (brain drain) occurred under Stalin?
    2.

  2. What reforms did Khrushchëv introduce before Gorgachëv? (Destalinization)
    1. Amnestied all political prisoners
    2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
    3. Samizdat and Tamizdat
    4. Detente
    5. Allowed cultural exchanges (foreign travel)

  3. What social changes encouraged revolution? Why?
    4.
    1. Rural to urban population shift
    2. Success of educational system
    3. More contact with the West (cultural exchange)
    4. East European resistance
      1. Hungarian Uprising 1956
      2. Prague Spring 1978
      3. Solidarity 1980

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