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1. Start by stating which factor is more important.
2. Remember to also mention why the other factor is less important.
3. Avoid using words like "if" and "without".
4. Suggested word choices: "Although"
5. Given factor: Weaknesses in the Soviet economy

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D: (Other factors that led to the loss of Soviet control over EE)
EX: (Examples to support your other factor)
A: (Negative outcomes for Soviet Union in Eastern Europe)

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D: (Factor that shows weakness of Soviet economy)
EX: (Examples to support weakness of Soviet economy)
A: (Negative outcomes for Soviet Union in Eastern Europe)

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D: The main reason for the loss of Soviet control over eastern Europe is the US military strength.
Ex: The US economy is very strong due to freedom of?, have Pershing II missiles and are ahead in the arms race. Can include details in EX such as SDI, military spending
A: This led to the loss of Soviet control over eastern Europe because USSR was afraid of the US advancing military and attacks from the US which increased tensions. - A irrelevant! Lack of understanding of the question. Should be mentioning how it led to loss of faith of the communist system as the Soviet states saw the prosperity of the Western powers.

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D) No, it was the changes made in foreign policy in the USSR that had led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
Ex) The Brezhnev Doctrine implemented during the 60s to 80s was removed by Gorbachev during the rule of the USSR. The Brezhnev Doctrine was meant to ensure no countries could leave Warsaw Pact to ensure this was through military means.
A) No, disagree. The removal of the Brezhnev Doctrine has led to the withdrawal of direct military support for unpopular communist leaders in Warsaw Pact nations. This allowed rebels and revolts to remove these Communist leaders from power, leading to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

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D: Abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine
Ex: USSR will no longer use military force to support repressive communist regimes in Eastern Europe. Gorbachev emphasised each country’s right to choose its own political and economic system and is prepared to recognise this principal in the communist bloc.
A: The communist leaders in these states could not survive without the support of the Soviet Union, and the countries became more democratic and liberal, thus Soviet lost control over Eastern Europe.

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D: Weakness of Soviet economy
Ex: The command economy was ineffective
- Emphasis on quantitative indicator along with lack of innovation and creativity
- Lack of checks and balances on government encourage officials to falsify statistics and engage in corrupt policies
A: Weakness in Soviet economy lead to the loss of soviet control over Eastern Europe because a weak economy not only results in less and poorer quality of consumers goods for the locals, it also results in less funds to fund the military. Locals have poorer standard of living than those in the west, so they will lose faith in the Soviet government. Weaker military also means that they were increasingly less able to defend themselves against revolutions resulting in lost of control over Eastern Europe.

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D : Economically bankrupted, state - controlled economy cannot keep up with modern industrialised economy
Ex : USSR had inefficient central planning such as falsify figures and misreported efficiency. There were also low quality products and wastage and no incentives to make technological improvements.
A : The inefficient farm system led to poor worker incentives and shortage and transportation problems. The lack of consumer goods led to poor standard of living of the people. This also made the Soviet people view USSR as weak and incompetent, leading to increased dissent against the Soviet Government. This results in the collapse of USSR.

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D: State controlled the economy
EX: There was emphasis on quantitative values rather than qualitative. There was lack of freedom of information which was also controlled by the state thus there was no creativity or freedom of speech. - Is this related to the Soviet economy? There was corruption as there was of embezzlement of money where people would falsify figures and reported only what the higher ups wanted to hear.
A: the corrupt and secretive economy caused the economy led to the economy of USSR crippling. The soviet union’s lack of money led to a decrease in their military strength and power. there was loss of support for communism due to weak military, leading to loss of support in people in Eastern Europe. Rebellions and uprisings led to the downfall of soviet union as they lost control of the people.

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(D) The state-controlled economy is incapable of keeping up with the pace of modern industrialised economies. This meant that the Soviet Economy was struggling to meet the demands of its people and could not properly develop USSR.
(Ex) For example, there are insufficient central planning in industries as well as lies told by the state in the form of falsified figures and misrepresentation of work efficiency. This showed the dishonesty of the state. There was also zero incentives to make technological advancements and hence led to a lack of consumer goods and poor quality of products being produced.
(A) This will lead to poor standards of living and poor quality of life, leading to unhappiness amongst the Soviets as they lack accessibility to necessities. The increasing displeasure amongst the people led to the people losing faith with the communist governnent leading to the government losing support and cause resistances among the Soviet satellite states, leading to the government potentially being overthrown.

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D: Weakness in the Soviet economy is the main reason for the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe
EX: Command economy of the USSR was ineffective as there was an overemphasis on quantitative indicator and lack of innovation and creativity. The lack of checks and balances on government encourage officials to falsify stats and corrupt practices. The one party state stifles debate and made implementing reforms more difficult.
A: A weak economy not only result in less and poorer quality of consumer goods for locals, it also results in less funds to fund the military. There is a lower standard of living of the Soviet people than those in West so they lose faith in the communist government. A weaker military is also increasingly less able to defend themselves against revolutions resulting the communist government to be overthrown and lose control over Eastern Europe.

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D: Yes, agree. Weaknesses in the Soviet economy
Ex: USSR was economically bankrupted due to inefficient central planning for industries, low quality products and wastage, no incentives to make technological improvements, and the lack of consumer goods.
A: Yes, agree. Weaknesses in the Soviet economy led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe because the economy couldn't keep up with the modern industrialised economy, poor standard of living for citizens, couldn't support satellite states, thus people lost faith in the Soviet control and the communist system and the communist lost authority

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No, i disagree. Foreign Policies was the main reason for the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. The foreign relations with the Warsaw pact countirries and the Brezhnev Doctrine did not allow countries to leave the Warsaw Pact which resulted in increasing resistance from satellite states. Causing Hungary Revolution, and Prague Spring. This caused the increasing lose confidence in Soviet System and communist leaders loss authority causing loss in control.

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abandonment of brezhnev doctrine was the main reason for lose of soviet control over EE

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abandonment of brezhnev doctrine was the main reason for lose of soviet control over EE

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Ex BD prevented any countries from leaving Warsaw pact, USSR abandoned the doctrine and stopped using force to build the communist bloc and regime in EE. Gorbachev promoted self determination of Soviet satellite states
A abandonment of BD led to increased self determination, causing resistance of people for removal of unpopular communist leaders because of the freedom of speech and actions
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Weaknesses in Soviet economy is more important than Us military’s strength. Although   US military strength was more powerful than Soviet’s military power which led to loss of soviet control over Eastern Europe, soviet’s weakness was the long-term cause for soviet’s weaker military power. Since Soviet’s economical weakness lead to US military power being superior - Should be 'Since the weakness of the Soviet economy led to their inability to keep up with the strength of US military might and defence spending', weakness in soviet economy was the main reason for Soviet to lose control over Eastern Europe. Lack of explanation of how Soviet economic weakness was more important.

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D: I disagree with this statement. Political weakness in government due to glasnost led to loss of Soviet control.
Ex: Glasnost led to more openness in the government. Writers and journalists can expose government corruption and poor conditions of the Soviet people. Citizens can criticize the present flaws of the system. This led to disclosure of all previously withheld information about the crimes done by the government.
A: Political weakness led to authority of communist party being weakened and people lost faith in the government, causing communist party to be overthrown and Soviet loss control over eastern Europe.

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Weakness in the Soviet economy is a more important factor than Gorbachev's reform policies and the Brezhnev's doctrine - Choose 1 to weigh against! that resulted in the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. The weakness in the Soviet economy was the main cause that resulted in Gorbachev making the drastic and radical changes to the governance of the country as Gorbachev aimed to improve the lives of the people and the communist system. There was increasingly discontent in the Soviet Union due to rampant unemployment and poverty which led to Gorbachev's policies - Repetition of A in D-EX-A. Brezhnev doctrine and Gorbachev's reform policies are less important factors as they exacerbate the loss of Soviet control but are not the main cause of it. Good attempt at weighing! 🤓

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D: yes, i agree with the statement as weaknesses in soviet economy due to private ownership
EX: businesses and farmers can sell at a profit without interference from the state. this resulted to people not being able to afford higher prices changed by those who want to make profit.
A: this led to the loss of soviet control over eastern europe as is failed to improve the economy. as a result, people lost faith in the communist system

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D: No, I disagree as US military strength led to loss of Soviet control.
Ex: US economy was stronger due to freedom and innovation. this allowed them to fund expensive sprockets like the Star Wars programme. They were also able to install perishing II missiles and were ahead in the arms race
A: USSR was afraid of US advanced military and balance of power in favor of US. This increased fear of attacks on USSR and wanted to descalate tensions. Thus USSR reduced oppression and forced control in Eastern Europe to increase cooperation with US and prevent M.A.D. - Irrelevant to the cc of the question

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Yes, agree.
Weakness of Soviet econ is the main reason. Command economy that USSR government implemented was ineffective as there was huge emphasis on quantitative indicator rather than quality along with lack of innovations. Lack of checks also encouraged rampant corruption in the government.
The weak economy in USSR not only results in less and poorer quality of consumer goods for the locals. It also results in less funds to fund the military. Poorer economy meant that many suffered from lower standard of living in comparison to their Western counterparts. Thus, they began losing faith in the USSR government. Weaker military combined with rebellions and revolutions across Eastern Europe meant that Soviet lost control of EU.

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D: Glasnost was another factor for the loss of Soviet Control over Eastern Europe.
Ex: Writers and journalists exposed government corruption and poor conditions of Soviet people. Truth of the past revealed to the Soviet people.
A: Disclosure of all previously withheld information about crimes by the govt. led to weakening authority of the Communist govt., outbreak of political revolutions in Europe, people lost faith in communism and thus Soviet lost control over Eastern Europe.

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State controlled economy is more important as it led to a corrupt economy leading to decrease in economic prosperity of USSR and a reduced ability to spend on the military, causing a lack of support for communism. Weak military and decrease the support of communism which led to lost of support in people in Eastern Europe. Thus leading to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
It is more important than the weakness in Eastern European countries as it only slowed down the effect of Soviet control over Eastern Europe countries. - ? What factor is this? Therefore, state controlled economy was a more important factor in leading to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe than weakness in Eastern Europe country.
Unclear what factor you are discussing in the less important factor

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D: There was weakness in the Eastern Europe countries.
EX: USSR lacked strong allies unlike US who had strong allies like Japan and Germany. The Eastern European countries depended on USSR for oil, military and other necessities which USSR was unable to provide sufficiently leading to the weakening of the nations in Eastern Europe. - So failure of COMECON?
A: Weaknesses of Eastern Europe countries led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe as the flaws in communism were exposed leading to communism losing their support from the people. People were less satisfied and thus there was increased tension and hatred for USSR leading to its loss over Eastern Europe.

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D: Weakness in the Soviet due to corruption
Ex: Lack of Freedom of Information Controlled by the state - No creativity/Freedom/Corruption - How does this show the weakness of the Soviet economy?
A: Corruption which eventually caused the fall of economy. The fall of economy will also lead to decrease in money and Decrease in military strength due to no budget for military equipments. With these, many citizens will also lose trust in the state and it will also lead to lack of support of communism from the citizens. With weaker military will also means that lesser people will support them.

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D: State-controlled economy cannot keep up with modern industrialised economy
Ex: Inefficient central planning - industries - Lies. Low quality products and wastage, drunkenness. No incentives to make technological improvements. Lack consumer goods leads to poor standard of living.
A: Yes agree. Weaknesses in Soviet economy led to the lost of Soviet control over Eastern Europe because inefficient farm system causes poor worker incentives, storage and transportation problems. - So how does it ATQ on the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe?

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D: Yes, I agree. Weaknesses in the Soviet economy were the main reason for the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

Ex: State-controlled economy cannot keep up with modern industrialised economy. Falsify figures,misreported efficiency, dishonesty led to inefficient central planning. Drunkenness led to low quality products and wastage. There is no incentives to make technological improvements, which led to poor standards of living. Poor worker incentives, storage and transportation problems led to an inefficient farm system.

A: Weaknessrs in Soviet economy led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe because the Soviet failed to improve the economy, which resulted in people losing faith in communism, which led to protest and lost of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

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D-Gorbachevs reform policies , Glasnost and Perestroika were the main reasons for the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe
Ex-Perestroika-restructure , economy to improve efficiency and standard of living . It aims to reinvigorate the econometric . Businesses and farmers can sell at a profit without interference from state
Glasnost - to encourage a more honest goverthat support the need to improve the economy , Honesty in the government- to expose corruption , other crimes by the Perestroika government , economic problems
Perestroika failed to improve the economy , productions fell prices increased, shortages of food and necessities, increased crimes. Glasnost caused the communists party to be discredited, and authority of communist party weakened , because disclosure of all previously withheld information about crimes by the Govt

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Abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine is more important than the weaknesses in the soviet economy. Weakness in the soviet economy affects the people in the Eastern European countries, but not the Soviet control, as people lost faith in communism ideology but are unable to change the leaders or political/economic system in their country due to USSR enforcing the Brezhnev Doctrine. However, abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine gave the people the direct power ability to influence who was their leader, and the political and economic system they wanted to be under. Thus the abandonment of the Brezhnev doctrine is more important than the weaknesses in the Soviet economy.

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D: Yes, I agree that weaknesses in Soviet economy were the main reason for loss of Soviet control.
Ex: USSR had no budget to implement economic reforms. State still controlled resources and people had to deal with corrupt officials to purchase them. People cannot afford higher prices charged by those who want to make profits.
A: As a result, the economy failed to improve. People lost faith in the communist system and the quality of people’s lives decreased. - So how does it lead to the loss of Soviet control over EE?

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The abandonment of Brezhnev Doctrine was a more important factor leading to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe than the weaknesses in the Soviet economy. The Brezhnev Doctrine led to communist leaders losing control in Eastern Europe countries which caused an immediate effect of loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe countries. Whereas the economical weaknesses of USSR gave a delayed effect as it only led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe countries after some time. Hence, the abandonment of Brezhnev Doctrine was a more important factor leading to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe than the weaknesses in the Soviet economy.

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Foreign policies of USSR was a more important factor in causing the Soviet to lose control over Eastern Europe. The foreign policies was the cause of causing a drain in the economy which lead to the economy weaknesses. Foreign policies caused soviet to deploy tanks to the cities to crush the revolt and thus causing a drain in economy as money was placed here  be involved in countries such as Afghanistan (War in Afghanistan), Hungary and Czechoslovakia which caused a strain on the Soviet economy then caused economic weaknesses, resulting in loss of control.

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D: Yes, weakness in soviet economy were the main reason for loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
Ex: perestroika provided some degree of private ownership in soviet economy and businesses and farmers can sell at a profit without interference from the state. - Question is on weakness of the Soviet economy PRIOR to perestroika However, the state still controls resources and there was no budget to implement economic reforms. Thus, production of goods decreased and there was shortages of food and necessities.
A: This led to increased unhappiness of citizens with the Communist government, and there was a loss of support for them.

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No, I disagree that the weaknesses in the Soviet economy were the main reason for the loss of Soviet control over Easter Europe.
(D) But rather, it was the presence of social oppression within USSR that led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. This meant that Soviets being held under constant control by the state has led to the people losing faith in the communist system.
(Ex) Examples of such oppression include the absence of freedom of speech and press, leading to zero opposition, criticism or openness between the people and the state. Many dissidents deemed by the state were also imprisoned, while Soviets are disallowed to question the system, nor about the history of the soviet regime.
(A) This led to the loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe because the people were given zero involvement, which led to growing tensions and resentment towards the soviet system. This results in decreasing support and increasing mistrust against the state, which leads to an increase in opposition against the Soviet government, potentially leading to the government being overthrown.

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D: no, Disagree, weakness in communist government led to loss of Soviet control over Eastern europe
Ex: through glasnost, there was exposure of corruption and other crimes by the Communist government, which caused citizens to challenge history of Soviet union and political, social structure
A: This caused citizens to feel lied to, and lose faith in communism. Thus, the authority of the Communist government was weakened, hence losing Soviet control over Eastern Europe

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D: The abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine was the main reason for the loss of Soviet Control over Eastern Europe
Ex: Brezhnev Doctrine prevented any countries from leaving the Warsaw pact. USSR abandoned the doctrine, and stopped using military force to support communist regimes in Eastern Europe. Gorbachev promoted self- determination.
A: No, disagree. Abandonment of the Brezhnev Doctrine led to loss of Soviet Control over Eastern Europe because Eastern Europe was free from Soviet domination, which led to increased resistance from the satellite states. Protests throughout Eastern europe countries led to removal of unpopular communist leaders.

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Weaknesses in Soviet economy is a more important factor than Glasnost. The weaknesses in Soviet economy has more impacts on the stability of the Soviet regime. Economic issues such as budget constraints and lack of resources hindered the implementation of essential economic reforms, resulting in higher prices and worsening people's standard of living. This cause Soviet to lose control over Eastern Europe as people lost faith in communism. Glasnost may have exposed the government corruption and revealed the truth, which sows distrust and discontent for the people with the communist system. However, the economic problems has a far more devastating impact as it was a long-term issue stemming from Stalin's rule as it undermines the credibility of Soviet regimes over a long-run, causing Eastern Europe to start revolutions. Therefore, the weaknesses in the Soviet economy was the main reason for Soviet to lose control over Eastern Europe.

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D: Social Oppression. Years of oppression led to lost of faith in communism
Ex: No freedom of speech and press - no opposition, no criticism, no openness. Dissidents or those who spoke against the system were imprisoned. Society not allowed to question the system, the past or present. People do not have the ability to make decisions.
A: People lost faith in communism. There was no openness in the society which prevented people from voicing out their opinions and led to loss of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. This also led to growing tensions and resentment towards the Soviet Union. There is mistrust between the people and soviet union.

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The weaknesses in the Soviet Economy is a more impactful factor than the social oppression against the people. While the absence of freedom of speech and rights spur questions from its people, a weakened economy have caused a tremendous drop in the standard of living. The state’s inability to meet the basic demands of its people was what catalysed negative emotions evoking from its people, causing an abrupt resistance from its people whilst social oppression only adds on to their anger. - Very bombastic language but valid weighing 🤓

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Reagan's aggressive containment of USSR e.g. Evil Empire Speech, SDI, Able Archer, involvement in Poland