Before the attempted coup in 1991, gorbachev responded to the demands of the republics within the soviet union for greater independence by

Allowing elections in the Soviet Union

Explanation:

Prior to the attempted coup of 1991 Gorbachev gave permission to have elections in the soviet union and the creation of a multy party political system de-stabilized the country and created a democratic momentum that allowed the republics that formed the Soviet Union to seriously consider indenpendency.

cannabis

explanation:

(assuming this is the us) google it. law states you can't have weed.

answer; during stalin"s rule, many mothers told their children that he was the greatest thing to ever happen to russia;