USSR control of E.E

• what is de-stalinisation


  1956 - khrushchev 'secret' speech denounced stalin and promised a freer soviet union

  abolished COMINFORM + freed political prisoners

  called for PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE
• what were postives of soviet control

  • strong stable government
  • COMECON helped with trade + economy
  • Bank set up for socialist countries in 1964
• what were negatives of soviet control

  • censorship
  • no freedom of speech
  • can't travel to west
  • low wages
  • coal shortages
  • expensive clothes + shoes
  • poland sells coal for 1/10 price
• what is martial law

  country run by the military instead of a civil police force