Khrushchev Flashcards
Khrushchev ruled from…
1956-64
What happened to ‘dissident writers’ under Khrushchev?
Arrested and imprisoned
What did Khrushchev do to remove the Stalinist cult?
Pulled down statues and portraits of takin and gave new titles to the towns and citied named after him
What happened to Pasternak?
Doctor Zhivago didn’t appear in the Soviet Union until 1988 and he was refused permission to travel abroad to collect the nobel prize for literature
Under Khrushchev the number of churches…
Fell from 20,000 to less than 8,000 between 1960-64
Example of religious repression under Khrushchev?
Upensky monastery - buildings confiscated, monks dispersed and sent to labour camps, novices beaten, nuns raped
What did Khrushchev introduce as a subject for the school curriculum?
Atheism
When was the secret speech?
1956, at the 20th party congress
What did Khrushchev announce at the secret speech?
A drift away from Stalinist radicalism, which he saw as a ‘violation of Leninist norms’
Improvement of living standards under Khrushchev?
1955-66, but still lagged behind the western world
Examples of consumer goods in the early 1960s?
Radios, tvs, fridges, other domestic appliances
Increase in cars 1955-66?
2,000 to 5,000 (compared with 398 per thousand in the US)
Increase in TVs 1955-66?
4,000 to 82,000
How did Khrushchev combat the chronic housing shortage?
Production of prefabricated buildings which led to the construction of 15 million new flats
What was the virgin lands scheme?
Khrushchev’s plan to plow and cultivate 13 million hectares of uncultivated land by 1956
When was the virgin lands scheme introduced?
1953
Where did the virgin lands scheme target?
Right bank of the Volga, Northern Caucasus, Western Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan
Success of the virgin lands scheme?
1953-8: farm output increased by 8.5%