KRUSCHEV DESTALINISAITON 3 Flashcards
POINTS form desalinisation ‘secret speech’
reduced powers from soviet police, stalin grad renamed volgograd
stalin body removed from red square, allowed freedom of mov abroad, allowed production of Stalins reign
other political refroms under krushcev
able to reverse two trends begun under lenin and extended by stalin: centralsion and erosion of party-desalinisation
krushcev aims were: decoraticisaion, decetrlasion laid the plan out in 22nd party congress
main initives of 22nd party congress
party split into parallel sections at all levels- urban rural levels
new rules of how long party members serve
rapid turn over of senior personnel in party/gov
allowed more local intiives> as people will know what to do
democratisation
decision making in party to be more democratic, not one person,
the perisdum, central committee to be more accountable to the party congress and wider membership
relaxation of repression
some level of political relaxation, but political exile, imprisoment still common
decentralisation:localaties
giving more intake to localities eg regional economic councils est
dectralsaion of economic
regional economic councils, reduction of central control
decentralisation of administration
inc local control, promote local leaders
secret polcie maintains but transformed
Beria already begun to reduce size/powers of sp
renamed kip, millions of political prisoners released from gulag
gulag system abolished, although some labor camps remained
the Soviet Union remained: continuity
although mroe democratic less centralised
-one party state, polcie state, highly centralised bureaucracy via command economy, guidance by principles of marxist lens, keep traditional hierarchy of power
the soviet union change:
against Beria and malenkov,
org a coalition of soviet politicians to force malenkov to relinquish the post of first seceratiry
>this was an important post since it controlled party apparatus in s.u
announces the est of new position a five man secretariat
