death of stalin

Question 1

death of stalin

Answer 1

-collapsed on 1st march 1953 (stroke)
-death declared on 5th of march, announced on 6th
-funeral held on 9th march in red square. kruschev succeeded went about policy of desalinisation (remove negative aspects of legacy and cover up crimes)

Question 2

stalin’s legacy

Answer 2

-never been higher by the time he died
-key figure of soviet politics for >30 years
-seen as responsible for a number of remarkable achievements in ussr:
victory of patriotic war, trans into world superpower, extended communism into Eastern Europe and Asia