★ Death of Stalin Flashcards
★ How did Stalin die?
★ 28th Feb: Was watching a film in his private cinema at the Kremlin, goes back to have a long drinking sessions with his inner circle lasting until 4am
★ Was found on the floor, unable to move or speak after having a stroke
★ All good doctors were awaiting execution so no doctors were available
★ Some think it was a plot from Beria
★ Died on the 5th March
★ What was Stalin’s legacy?
★ Cold War tensions
★ Yugoslavia had already broken with Stalin in 1948
★ Unrest spread in East Germany after 1956
★ Poland and Hungary went into a violent revolution in the Budapest Rising
★ Stalin’s statute symbolically demolished and Russia underwent a series of De-Stalinisation
★ However: USSR became a superpower
★ What did Stalin’s own daughter say about him?
★ “Even Hitler didn’t kill his own people”
