WHAT EXPLAINS THE FALL AND COLLAPSE OF THE USSR C1985-1991?


	WHAT EXPLAINS THE FALL AND COLLAPSE OF THE USSR C1985-1991?
	Causes Defining the functions of party and state Shifting power from the party to the Soviets Streamlining the party A clampdown on corruption Moves towards democratisation	Effects Attempts to define the party and state were attempted at the 19th Party Conference in June 1988 but little was done to get officials to choose one over the other Shifting power was attempted by allocating more finance to the Soviets in order to give them resources to support their role - deputies of the Soviets were to be elected every 5 years to provide security Streamlining the party was done by reducing the departments in the central committee from 20 to 9 - also, six new commissions were created Streamlining also occurred in 1985 with the creation of superministries to coordinate economic planning A clampdown on corruption was done by imprisoning those who went against the laws and removing those from the party who were corrupted The principle of a multi-candidate election was extended to a national level but all this did was weaken the power of the Communist Party
	Overall summary These reforms were criticised for not having any real effect, but they were certainly a step in the right direction.

Attempts to define the party and state were attempted at the 19th Party Conference in June 1988 but little was done to get officials to choose one over the other
Shifting power was attempted by allocating more finance to the Soviets in order to give them resources to support their role - deputies of the Soviets were to be elected every 5 years to provide security
Streamlining the party was done by reducing the departments in the central committee from 20 to 9 - also, six new commissions were created
Streamlining also occurred in 1985 with the creation of superministries to coordinate economic planning
A clampdown on corruption was done by imprisoning those who went against the laws and removing those from the party who were corrupted
The principle of a multi-candidate election was extended to a national level but all this did was weaken the power of the Communist Party

These reforms were criticised for not having any real effect, but they were certainly a step in the right direction.

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