Soviet Union during the 1980s - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who was the Soviet leader whose short rule - approx. 13 months - preceded that of Mikhail Gorbachev?	Konstantin Chernenko	83%
One of the greatest filmmakers in history who sadly passed away in 1986?	Andrei Tarkovsky	50%
Which Russian politician first gained significant power in the country as Secretary of the Central Committee under Gorbachev only to later leave and become a fierce critic of the party?	Boris Yeltsin	50%
After one of Gorbachev's reforms limited a certain activity, what illegal venture similar to the practices in the 1920s America became popular across the country?	Bootlegging	33%
What Russian petroleum giant was created in 1989 following the dissolution of the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry?	Gazprom	33%
What's the name of the CIA double agent who was responsible for revealing over a 100 classified documents to the KGB and the subsequent execution of ten Soviet officials involved with the Americans?	Aldrich Ames	17%
Which famous dissident (and the namesake of a certain prize) was freed from his six-year exile in Gorky following Gorbachev's glasnost reforms?	Andrei Sakharov	17%
Towards which Eastern Bloc politician did Gorbachev express his palpable disdain in private?	Erich Honecker	17%
The mountain range containing the aforementioned valley is called the ___.	Hindu Kush	17%
What does the term "perestroika" mean in Russian?	Restructuring	17%
The latter's final feature film is called ___.	The Sacrifice	17%
Who was the pro-Soviet leader ruling Afghanistan until 1986?	Babrak Karmal	0%
Which war crime did the Soviet government finally take accountability for in 1989?	Katyn massacre	0%
What was the name of the Soviet rock band enormously popular at the time?	Kino	0%
The strategic, Kabul-adjacent valley the Soviet Army tried to take over from the mujahideen multiple times was the ___.	Panjshir Valley	0%
Said band's ethnically Korean lead singer was named ___.	Viktor Tsoi	0%

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