Khrushchev Flashcards
(65 cards)
explain how K had two cults of personality
- revived lenin’s cult
- created his own
how did K revive lenin’s cult of personality
slogan ‘lenin lives’ and reminded people Gov based on lenin’s rev not stalin’s terror
what was K’s cult of personality based on
as lenin’s disciple, a successful statesman with successful policies
why was K’s cult of personality less successful
his association with his policies meant when the policies failed he lost support
when were more than one radio stations allowed
1964
what were readers letters
readers of magazines would write in to the magazine company with information for them to put in the magazine
why did k encourage readers letters
to create a consumer society
what impact did the readers letters have
exposed economic problems and social ones like domestic violence, alcoholism, lack of consumer goods
when was the first tv news
1961
what was celebrated heavily in media under k
SU’s win in the space race including role models in factories
what did k do to the reopened churches in 1958
shut them all again
what was k’s approach to religion
more hardlined
why did k’s religious campaigns target women
2/3 orthodox church = women
80% portestants = women
how did the number of orthodox churches change from 1958 to 1964
dropped from 8000 to 5000
what was k’s campaign against nuns based on
nuns were unnatural since they would never be mothers
what evidence of anti-religious propaganda is there under k
he sent yuri gagarin to space to prove there was no god
what was the name of the cheka 1946-1954
MGB
what was the name of the cheka 1954-1991
KGB
how much did k use the secret police
only a little
why did k not use the secret police much
favoured ‘popular oversight’
what is popular oversight
when ordinary citizens discipline themselves and eachother
when were the thaws
53-54
56-57
61-62
what happened under the first thaw (53-54)
writing critical of stalin allowed, differences between s and k allowed to be highlighted
what happened under the first freeze (54)
some book critical of lenin were banned