KHRUSHCHEV KEY DEBATES

Question 1

What are the two arguments regarding Khrushchev’s domestic policies?

Answer 1

• Poorly thought out, well intended but badly executed.

- Considerable achievement given the context.

Question 2

What are the two arguments regarding the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Answer 2

• Khrushchev was seen to have had a number of successes.

- Policy was too risky.

Question 3

What are the two arguments regarding desalinisation being a break from the past?

Answer 3

• Changed aspects of the political system, not the system itself.
• Eventual downfall demonstrated it’s failure.

Question 4

What are the two arguments regarding national minorities?

Answer 4

• Khrushchev was a ‘courageous failure’.

- More of a ‘courageous success’.