Andropov Redorms Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
Anti corruption campaign
A
Investigated senior party officials who used soviet resources for their own benefit
2
Q
Anti alcohol campaign
A
Workers could be sacked for drunkenness and formed for being drunk at work
Consumption of Andropovka increased
—> low alcohol vodka
3
Q
Operation Trawl
A
Anti drunkenness and absenteeism
—> KGB would arrest those absent and drunk
4
Q
Were Andropov’s reforms successful?
A
• Reduction in vodka consumption
• reforms poorly enforced
—> didn’t solve economic decline
