Brezhnev/ Andropov/ Chernenko, 1964-1985 Flashcards
1
Q
What was Brezhnev’s attitude to agriculture?
A
- reversal of Khrushchev’s reforms
- abandon attempts to make agriculture more productive
- large-scale grain imports from the West to keep food prices low
2
Q
How did Brezhnev manage to import grain from the west.
A
1970s = high oil prices
money from oil exports used to buy grain
3
Q
When did economic growth in the soviet union stop?
A
around 1980
4
Q
How did Brezhnev contribute to economic decline?
A
- lack of reform –> long-term problems of inefficiency and low productivity never addressed
- military spending diverted money away from economic growth
5
Q
How did Brezhnev maintain standards of living.
A
- Subsidising prices
2. Tolerating black market
6
Q
How did Adropov try to improve the economy?
A
‘Operation Trawl’
Crack down on absenteeism and drunkenness by KGB agents to try and boost productivity.
7
Q
What was the annual growth rate of the soviet economy in;
- 1970s =
- 1980 =
A
1970s = 2%
1980 = 0.6%
