Opinions of Soviet Citizens about the Germans 1989

Opinions of Soviet citizens about the Germans.

Topics: most positive developments in Soviet foreign policy; sources
of information about the Federal Republic; judgement on media reporting
about the Federal Republic and the USA; personal contacts with Germans
and desire for trips to the Federal Republic; attitude to the Germans
in the Federal Republic and the Americans; judgement on German and
American foreign policy; characterization of Germans, Soviet citizens
and Americans by means of a list of characteristics; most important
events that have molded the attitudes of the respondent to Germans from
the Federal Republic and Americans; assessment of the current east-west
relationship; confidence in peace; feeling of threat from the Federal
Republic; assessment of scientific and cultural areas in which the
Soviet Union is ahead of the FRG; interest in foreign policy;
characterization of American foreign policy in comparison to Soviet
foreign policy; assessment of the military superiority of NATO or the
Warsaw Pact; assessment of the seriousness of interest in disarmament
of the USA in comparison to that of the USSR; judgement on ´adequate
armament´; assessment of the primary goal of current American and
Soviet military policy; attitude to a mutual troop reduction in Europe;
trust in the USSR and the USA as leadership nation; most important
areas for German-Soviet cooperation; effect of Perestroika on the
East-West relationship; attitude to the internal reforms of the Soviet
Union and judgement on the probability of success of Glasnost and
Perestroika; interest in good relations with the Federal Republic, the
USA and the GDR; interest in disarmament negotiations; sympathy scale
for current and earlier heads of government as well as significant
politicians from the whole world; thinking about World War II; party
affiliation; religiousness; scientific degree; city size.