Question by lauryn_is at the beach: 1. What 2 communist harliners followed brezhnev as leaders of soviet union??
2. what did president raegan call the soviet union?
3.Explain the phrase “guns and butter” in relation to soviet union in early 1980s.
4. Who was the Iron Lady and who is the current prime minister of great britain?
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Answer by gayconservativ
(1) Andropov, Chernenko
(2) The Evil Empire
(3) It was a quote by Margaret Thatcher saying the Soviet Union put guns before butter, but that the UK put everything before guns.
(4) Margaret Thatcher was nicknamed the Iron Lady by a Soviet Newspaper after a harsh speech condemning the USSR. The outgoing Prime Minister is Tony Blair. Gordon Brown is likely to succeed him.
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d3m419s61 says
Andropov and Chernenko
the evil empire
USSR preferred guns to butter while England preferred anything before guns
Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair