De Stalinisation Success Flashcards
1
Q
What did Destalinisation do and what is an example of this
A
It ended the cult of personality. Stalingrad being renamed Volgograd in 1961
2
Q
How many political prisoners were there by what date
A
There were 11000 political prisoners by 1960
3
Q
Who run the KGB and what did this mean
A
The politburo ran the KGB meaning that it was more difficult to enforce Stalin style terror
4
Q
How many books were published a year under Khrushchev
A
65000 by the late 1950s
5
Q
How many people read newspapers by the late 1960s
A
60million read newspapers by the late 1960s
6
Q
How many cinemas were their by 1959
A
59000
