USSR key dates - Topic 4 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Ellief_2000Created on: 11-04-18 15:06 Uni's opened to all 1917 1 of 22 Programme launched to provide free, universal and compulsory education for all children aged 7-17 1917 2 of 22 Equal pay for men and women law passed December 1917 3 of 22 Existing church schools were taken over by the government and education at primary and secondary school level were based on the comprehensive model 1918 4 of 22 70% of Uni places had to be offered to wokring class people 1929 5 of 22 Tutition fees introduced for the last years of secondary education 1940 6 of 22 The attitude that women were expected to work was widepsread 1950s 7 of 22 Minimum wage introduced 1956 8 of 22 Uprising in Hungary 1956 9 of 22 History exams cancelled in light of Khrushchev's relevations about Stalin 1956 10 of 22 Serious unrest in Kazakhstan amongst the Komsomol who had been encouraged to work there iin poor living conditions and with a lack of clean water 1959 11 of 22 Protests over food prices 1962 12 of 22 Soviet Military Intervention used in Czechoslovakia to quell serious unrest 1968 13 of 22 Strikes and riots over food shortages in Sverdlovsk 1969 14 of 22 Unrest over poor housing in Kiev 1969 15 of 22 Assassination attempt on Brezhnev 1969 16 of 22 The government introduced a one year course on prinicpes of the soviet state and law to make young citizens aware of their obligations 1975 17 of 22 Free trade union set up 1977 18 of 22 Terrorism: a bomb on the Moscow Metro killed several passengers 1977 19 of 22 1/3 of soviet citizens were in education 1980s 20 of 22 Strikes and riots over food shortages in Gorki 1980 21 of 22 20 million alcoholics in the USSR 1987 22 of 22
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