Chapter 2: Khrushchev as leader Flashcards
what were khruschev strenghts in character and style of leadership ?
-he wansnt easily influenced
- populist looked for populist solution to overcome challenging problems
-anti -terror regretted his participation
-open to new ideas discussed USSR problems with ordinary people
-his intellegnece was peasent cunning
-idealistic believed wholehearted to the USSR
what were krushchev weakness character and style of leadership ?
-opened a way for enemies to bring up failures
-impulsive and reckless, sometime announced policies wihtouht thinking e.e hare brain scheme
- uncultured had not much of an education and unsophiscated
what were khrushchev poltical aims ?
-socialism in one country
-party should still have the monoply on power but with less burrecracy
-de-stalnaisation
- weakining central control
- seeking closer relationship with the west
what were khruschev economic aims ?
-economy ahould be centrally planned by the state
- collective farming
when was the secrect speech ?
- february 1956
what was significant about the critisms that krushchev made of stalin
-it was significant becuase stalin is being potrayed as a bad and selfish leader who abused his use of power and used it against the innocent
what evidence is there to support khruschev critisim of stalin ?
-he was a distrustful man with a sicklying suspicion
- stalin was an enemy of the people and manipulated the legal system to put it to his side
what do you think khrushchev intetions were in giving the secrect speech ?
-gain higher support and sympathy with the people
-intetion was to potray himself as a better leader and linkinh himself with the great vladamir lenin who communicated with the people and use it to his advantage
what was the reaction to the secrect speech a) in the country b) in the cpsu
a) the coutnry have a netrual reaction and most likely agree with khruschev critism
- come to as a shocker as they had potrayed this amazing leader led up to an uprising
b) CPSU had a bad reaction since khushcev is undermining stalins and USSR victories but also potray them as blinded and hypocriticsal
