Consequences of the secret speech

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him

Question 2

What was the reaction in Poland to the secret speech?

Answer 2

-demand for political freedom
-uprising

Question 3

When did the uprising in Poland follow the secret speech?

Answer 3

28th June 1956

Question 4

What were the demands of the June 1956 Polish uprising?

Answer 4

-wage increases
-better working conditions

Question 5

Which minister demanded a violent supression of the Polish revolution?

Answer 5

Konstantin Rokossovsky

Question 6

How many people killed in the June 1956 Polish uprising?

Answer 6

60 people killed + 100s wounded.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Who took leadership of Poland without Russian approval?

Answer 8

Gomulka (had been previously expelled by Stalin)

Question 9

What did Khruschev intitially do with Gomulka?

Answer 9

-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.

Question 10

What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What was the reaction to the secret speech in hungary?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Why was Rakosi disliked in hungary?

Answer 12

-brutal supression methods
-low standards of living.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What were the consequences of the hungarian revolution?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What were the consequences of the secret speech in Yugoslavia?

Answer 17

-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.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him

Question 21

What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?

Answer 21

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