Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...throughout this period, there were constant, escalating reminders of how much trouble Gorbachev faced at home: ethnic unrest, secessionism, economic deterioration, labor strife, an emboldened political opposition. When Eduard Shevardnadze visited the U.S. in September, he seemed preoccupied with domestic issues, especially the Soviet Union's problem with nationalities. A surprising and revealing addition to his entourage was Nikolai Shmelev, an economist who specializes in dire predictions and drastic prescriptions for the Soviet economy...
...Czechoslovak party leader Milos Jakes resigns. The day in 1968 that Soviet tanks rolled into Prague. Prepping for his shipboard sessions with Gorbachev, Bush gives some signs that the meetings just might go beyond the get- acquainted exercise he originally envisioned. How the President's thoughts on the Soviet Union -- and its daring leader -- have evolved from standoffishness to engagement...
...Soviet Union's farcical economy has long been the butt of its citizens' jokes. A cynical sense of humor has helped Soviet consumers endure the almost full-time occupation of waiting in queues for necessities and the utter lack of quality and variety in consumer goods. But with the winter of 1990 approaching, even the thriving joke mill may not be enough to help people forget the grinding deprivation. The accumulated ills of the Soviet economy have brought it to the brink of collapse. Foreign analysts, along with a new breed of frankly realistic Soviet economists, are ringing alarms about...
...From railways to power lines, the Soviet Union's infrastructure is crumbling because of lack of maintenance. In the Ukrainian city of Lvov (pop. 830,000), citizens get running water only twice a day, for a total of six hours...
...desperate situation is sparking an increasingly heated debate within the Soviet Union about the direction of perestroika. On the one hand are liberals, who think the country must move faster toward a free-market economy; on the other are conservatives, who want any changes to occur so gradually that consumers will be cushioned from price increases and unemployment. Gorbachev is caught in the middle. The measured tempo he has chosen for perestroika has caused only economic disruption and hardship, at least in the short...