2. On July 29, what power did Yeltsin want Gorbachev to give to the republics?
(a) Power to levy taxes and distribute funds.
(b) Power to elect all government officials.
(c) Power to have a multi-party system.
(d) Power over the military.

3. What was the radical opposition faction called that Sakharov, Yeltsin, and Popov put together in the legislature?
(a) Perestroika.
(b) The New Party.
(c) The Freedom Group.
(d) Inter-Regional Group.

4. What event in the Ukraine signaled the end of the old Soviet regime?
(a) Metal workers went on strike.
(b) Chernobyl.
(c) The release of Sakharov.
(d) Fall of the Berlin Wall.

5. How long did economist Stanislav Shatalin think it would be before the Soviet Union would have a modern economy?
(a) 500 days.
(b) Generations.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American movie was shown to students at the Moscow Higher Party School?

2. Which Russian author wrote about Sakhalin Island?

3. During the Gorbachev era, what did old women sell in city parks as a vaccine against Aids?

4. To whom did some followers compare Father Aleksandr Men?

5. In August 1991, where was Gorbachev when the coup started?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yeltsin's appeal to the people for resistance to the coup get published in Izvestia?

2. What did Yuri Savenko, president of the Independent Psychiatric Association, think about the Ministry of Health's cooperation with Kashpirovsky's broadcasts?

3. What happened when Gorbachev withdrew his support for the 500 Days plan?

4. Why would the Sinegorsk mine on Sakhalin Island never be profitable in a normal economy?

5. What did Volkogonov's team reveal in a draft of a history they were writing that appalled the hard-liners?

6. What was the Baltic strategy to achieve independence?

7. Describe Shcharansky's celebration of Hanukkah in Perm-35.

8. When did healers, mystics, and "holy fools" usually come to prominence?

9. Who was the free man Remnick met on Sakhalin island?

10. In 1991, why were the Kremlin hard-liners terrified of the strikes?

(see the answer keys)

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