ussr ; fall ; political failures ; attempted reforms of party
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DEFINING FUNCTIONS OF PARTY AND STATE
DFGDG
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gorby sought to do what to party and state?
separate
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attempted to do this at what event?
19th party conference of communist party
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when?
june '88
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but little was done to get individuals to do ewhat?
choose one over the over
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why was this not an easy task?
*beck bennet voice* blurred lines
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this was largely result of what system?
nomenklatura system
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whereby appointments and promotions in state relied on what?
party loyalty
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often case that personnel of one org did hwta in other?
held same position
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in october gorby became which two things?
gensek of party and president of ussr
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this mirrored situaiton hwere?
lower down in party
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where first secretaries in each republic also held position of?
chairman of regional soviet
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SHIFTING POWER FROM PARTY TO SOVIETS
DGDF
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attempted by allocation what to soviets?
more finance
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to give them what to support role?
more resources
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deputies of soviet elected for how many years trather than two?
5
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a move that did what for them?
gave greater security in post
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STREAMLINING PARTY
FGDFG
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departments of central committee of party were originall how many?
20 ppl
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reduced to?
9
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and how many new commissions created?
6
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accompanied by similar measures to do wat?
streamline state
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when had gorby finally created superministries?
nov '85
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which did what?
co-ordinated economic planning
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how many ministries merged for one superministry for agriculture?
5
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CLAMPDOWN ON CORRUPTION
DGDG
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one of leading casualties was whose son in law?
brezhnev
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what was his sentence?
12yrs prison
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attacks on corrupt officials popular with who?
public
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but caused lot resentment where?
in party
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gorby given firsthand evidence of difficulties when?
dec '86
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who was removed from first secretary of party of kazakhstan?
kunayev
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on grounds of?
corruption
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his replacement was kolbin who was?
ethnic russian
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how did kazakhs view this?
outsider intervention
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and rioted to do what?
support kunayev
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order only restored after what?
several hundred protestors killed
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who was responsible for sacking and appointment?
gorby
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so blame placed no?
him
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warn to gorby that party reform was fraught with?
potential dangers
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- moves toward democratisation and its impact
dggdfdfs
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in early '87 meeting of central committee gorby discussed iea of what?
secret ballots for multiple candidates
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in wat month was there a limited experiment with multple candidates in local soviet elections?
june
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small but significant break with practice of elections involving what?
single party proposed canditates
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when was the 19th party conference?
june '88
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groby announced what principle would be extended to national level?
multi-candidate elections
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with elections for who?
Congess of People's Deputies
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congress set up to provide what over government?
supervisory role
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and party of gorby's attempts to dowhat?
separate party and state
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what were to happen to members of congresS?
allocated to party or other orgs e.g trade unions / union of writers
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communist party had how many candidates?
100
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how did they decide?
nomination
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what did other groups do?
give members a choice
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in some seats voters could choose from how many candidates?
12
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communist party were the only what party?
legal political party
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and as such could control what?
nomination process
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however what was this enough to do?
engage population in process
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when did the elections for the new congress of people's deputies take place?
march '89
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what did this form of democracy represent?
significant change
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but did what for communist party?
weakened power irretrievably
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reforms criticised for being little moretahn?
tinkering with system
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gorby sought to do what to party and state?
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separate
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attempted to do this at what event?
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when?
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but little was done to get individuals to do ewhat?
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