Consequences of the secret speech Flashcards

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Who was the initial Stalinist leader in charge of Poland and who did Khrushchev nominate to replace him when he died?

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Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him

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What was the reaction in Poland to the secret speech?

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-demand for political freedom
-uprising

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When did the uprising in Poland follow the secret speech?

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28th June 1956

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What were the demands of the June 1956 Polish uprising?

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-wage increases
-better working conditions

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Which minister demanded a violent supression of the Polish revolution?

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Konstantin Rokossovsky

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How many people killed in the June 1956 Polish uprising?

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60 people killed + 100s wounded.

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How did Khrushchev attempt to supress the consequences of the secret speech in Poland?

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-sent troops to Warsaw to threaten.
-23 people killed + young protesters appeared at show trials.

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Who took leadership of Poland without Russian approval?

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Gomulka (had been previously expelled by Stalin)

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What did Khruschev intitially do with Gomulka?

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-met up and threatened millitary intervention
-agreed he would be appointed firt seretary of SWP- as long as no reforms threatening to communist + stay in Warsaw pact.

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What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?

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-Polish support of Gomulka.
-soviet troops allowed in Poland to protect.
-independence of satilite state.

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What was the reaction to the secret speech in hungary?

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-Imre Nagy took role of leader of hungarian revolution after removal of stalinist leader Rakosi
-revolt

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Why was Rakosi disliked in hungary?

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-brutal supression methods
-low standards of living.

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What was the intitial reaction of Russia to the Hungarian revolution?

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-not worried.
-destructive behaviour like toppling monuments, ripping out communist symbol of flags, violence + released political prisioners.
-British and French distracted by Suez canal.

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What did Hungary think to the British and French getting distracted by the suez canal?

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-‘wrecked the rising’
-had asked UN but too distracted

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What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?

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-free elections + end of the secret police.
-withdraw from Warsaw pact.

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16
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What were the consequences of the hungarian revolution?

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-Khrushchev invades budapest 1st november 1956
-street fighting ceases after 2 weels
-nagy executed
-new pro soviet leader set up

17
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What were the consequences of the secret speech in Yugoslavia?

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-Tito initially resisted Stalin- Stalin tries to assassinate him.
-Khrushchev tries to visit around the secret speech + praises him for doing communism in a different way.

18
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In a letter, what did Tito famously write to Stalin?

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‘please stop trying to kill me we have already caught 5 of them’

19
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What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?

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-free elections + end of the secret police.
-withdraw from Warsaw pact.

20
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Who was the initial Stalinist leader in charge of Poland and who did Khrushchev nominate to replace him when he died?

A

Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him

21
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What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?

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-Polish support of Gomulka.
-soviet troops allowed in Poland to protect.
-independence of satilite state.