KHRUSHCHEV POLITICLA DEV 1

Question 1

stalin called first party congress since 1939

Answer 1

stalin took a a bcksteat but was present throughout, malenkov and Khrushchev delivered key speeches

Question 2

poliburo renamed presidium in 1952 and stalin replaced older members with younger recruits

Answer 2

stalin was becoming inc paranoid that others in politburo was gaining too much powerr
he would commonly have long meetings with them through the night and laden his guests with alcohol

Question 3

march 1st- death

Answer 3

stalin suffers stroke in private quaters(no one dared enter) Beria was the first to find him, their appear to be a delay in calling for medical help. no successor

Question 4

melenkov was in a strong position to succeed stalin

Answer 4

he had led an attack on the lenin grad party after 1948, second secretary of the communist party since 1948
shared deputy chairman of sovnakrom with Beria

Question 5

melenkov on 6th of march combined two important roles

Answer 5

genreal security of party and chairman of the gov (sovnakrom)

Question 6

collective leadership declared

Answer 6

malenkov - pm
Molotov: minister of foreign affairs
krushchev-first party seceraty
beria- head of secret polcie and minister of interior

Question 7

Beria was favoured but feared by rivals

Answer 7

advocate for liberals, relate of prisoners from gulag, reverse russificaiosn
needed to be gone> prison executed +moltov gone

Question 8

malenkov more suited?

Answer 8

placed gov above party, favoured relaxed relations with the west, new course policy: incentives to peasants but led to poor harvest 1953. favoured light industry consumer goods

Question 9

kruschev more suited?

Answer 9

placed party above the gov, virgin lands scheme= good harvest 1954-5 committed to heavy industry, promised more military spendings, filled key positions in the party with his supporters
=more popular within the party and army

Question 10

how kruschev and Stalins power are similar:

Answer 10

both ready to change policies for tactical reaosns
both exploded their position in controlling party secretarty
both won curicial votes in central committee

Question 11

with melinkov isolated,

Answer 11

he was forced to resign as head of gov in 1955> replaced by Bulganin (ally of kruschev) so krushcev head of the party and Bulganin head of gov