J14P11 Qn 8(c) Examiner Report

(c) Candidates displayed a detailed knowledge of Gorbachev’s reforms of perestroika and glasnost, and also of events relating to Solidarity. Some candidates were able to use this knowledge effectively to explain how these factors contributed to the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. Some responses explained how Gorbachev’s reforms led to problems in the Soviet Union itself; the question required explanation of how Gorbachev and other factors led to the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.