Test: The End of Bipolarity- 1 - UPSC MCQ

In 1985-86, an official policy introduced by Gorbachev in Soviet Union that stressed on honest discussion about the country's social issues and concerns was called Glasnost. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was General Secretary of its governing Communist Party from 1985 until 1991.

The most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of Yugoslavia. After 1991, it broke apart with several provinces like Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina declaring independence.

Option 1 : 1989, 1991

The End of Bipolarity Question 2 Detailed Solution

The correct answer is

The collapse of Eastern Europe in 1989 and USSR in 1991 lead to the emergence of the transitory economies.

Important Points

• The revolutions of 1989 led to a wave of revolution from the late 1980s to the early 1990s which destroyed communism in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989 and the USSR in 1991.
• The fall of USSR led to the rise of the floating economy.

In March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the 15 Soviet republics to declare its independence.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March, 1931) is a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.

In December 1991, Second World the Soviet Union collapsed.

Bush recognised all 12 independent republics and established diplomatic relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. In February 1992, Baker visited the remaining republics and diplomatic relations were established with Uzbekistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, out of which only Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are landlocked states that broke away from the Soviet Union.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the leader of Bolshevik Communist Party, led the Revolution of 1917. He was the founder head of the USSR.

Restoration of Independence Day is a public holiday in Lithuania, always celebrated on 11 March. This holiday marks the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on this day in 1990.

The Berlin wall which was built at the time of the Cold war, was toppled by the German people in 1989 and ultimately East and West Germay became unified.