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How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?
Evaluate the extent of the USSR's control over Eastern Europe from 1948 to around 1989, focusing on key events such as the opposition in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968, the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the role of Solidarity in Poland, and Gorbachev's influence on the decline of Soviet authority in the region. Candidates should also engage with at least one of the specified depth studies: The First World War, Germany, Russia, the United States, or the Second World War.
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- Evaluate the extent of the USSR's control over Eastern Europe from 1948 to around 1989, focusing on key events such as the opposition in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968, the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the role of Solidarity in Poland, and Gorbachev's influence on the decline of Soviet authority in the region. Candidates should also engage with at least one of the specified depth studies: The First World War, Germany, Russia, the United States, or the Second World War.
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