Daily Quiz | On Mikhail Gorbachev
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Mikhail Gorbachev’s early years coincided with a period known as the ‘Great Purge’, which lasted from August 1936 to March 1938. Which leader is this period associated with and what was its objective?
Answer : Joseph Stalin; the objective was to solidify his power in the country and remove remaining influences of Trotsky and other political rivals
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Why was ‘glasnost’ adopted by Gorbachev as a policy and political slogan?
Answer : The policy was adopted to enable more transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union
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One of the novelists read by Gorbachev in his youth was a Russian writer known for works such as ‘The Nose’ and ‘The Overcoat’. Who is the writer?
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Identify this failed coup of 1991, which was an attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Gorbachev.
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Name the liberal political party formed between 2008 and 2009 by Gorbachev and business oligarch Alexander Lebedev, announced in September 2008.
Answer : Independent Democratic Party of Russia
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In 1990, Gorbachev was awarded this prestigious prize for “his leading role in the peace process” which characterised “important parts of the international community”. Name the prize.
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Identify this political reform movement initiated by Gorbachev to restructure the Soviet political and economic system.