The USSR: 1964–1991
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write four main causes of the dissolution of the USSR.
Economic difficulties; inefficiency of centralised management; national movements; political openness and the events of August 1991.
2
Write six key dates of 1985–1991 in a table.
March 1985 – Gorbachev; April 1986 – Chernobyl; 1989 – withdrawal from Afghanistan; 19–21 Aug 1991 – GKChP; 31 Aug 1991 – Uzbekistan’s independence; 25 Dec 1991 – resignation.
3
Give two different assessments of the “stagnation” period (stability and stagnation).
Stability, low unemployment and social guarantees; but technological lag and lack of reform.
4
What is the CIS and when was it formed?
A commonwealth of former Soviet republics; formed in December 1991.
5
Write four sentences on the significance of Uzbekistan’s independence (fact-based, without political evaluation).
Declared on 31 August 1991; a sovereign state with its own constitution and a subject of international relations.