Name and discuss in 1-2 sentences each three features of pop music, and especially rock and roll, that made it such an important challenge to the Soviet system.
Name three ways that late 1960s Soviet authorities tried to control access to what they deemed decadent forms of popular Western culture.
Name three forms of resistance to official efforts to ban or clamp down on access to Western music/rock and roll in which Soviet citizens engaged during the late 1960s.
Name three things about the Soviet rock scene of the 1970s that you found interesting, and discuss why.
How did detente and the 1975 signing of the Helsinki Accords change the music scene in the USSR? Be specific!
Ryback argues that the Soviet rock music scene changed in fundamental ways in the 1980s. Discuss 3 ways this happened in 1-2 sentences each.
