Say,for the the sake of argument,that after the well known POD of Nixon and Brezhnev dying in a car crash in 1973,Kirilenko(possibly via support by Suslov) becomes Secretary General.
Let’s also assume that things(in Eastern Europe for the most part) stay the same until the 1980’s,when discontent towards communism becomes more stronger and visible.How could Kirilenko deal with the vast social upheavals and dissident movements like Solidarity or Charter 77? Would the Brezhnev policy still be kept in this timeline?
Would Kirilenko or his successor say yes to Honecker’s desperate plea to ask the Soviet troops to put down the demonstrators? And how and when will the Iron Curtain fall?
Let’s also assume that things(in Eastern Europe for the most part) stay the same until the 1980’s,when discontent towards communism becomes more stronger and visible.How could Kirilenko deal with the vast social upheavals and dissident movements like Solidarity or Charter 77? Would the Brezhnev policy still be kept in this timeline?
Would Kirilenko or his successor say yes to Honecker’s desperate plea to ask the Soviet troops to put down the demonstrators? And how and when will the Iron Curtain fall?