Krushcehv Flashcards
Who were the 5 man leadership when Khrushchev took power
Malenkov
Beria
Molotov
Voroshilov
Krushchev
By how much did Khrushchev exceed his quotas in the great terror
6,305 in arrests
3,500 in killed
What was the period of 1953-1956 called
Silent de-Stalinisation
When did Khrushchev propose to put a commission to look into Stalin’s activities
December 1955
What was Khrushchev’s reaction to politburo members knowing about Stalin fabricating confessions
“We’ve got to have the courage to tell the truth”
What was Mao Zedong’s reaction to de-Stalinisation
Denounced Khrushchev as a “revisionist”
What did Moscow university students do in reaction to Khrushchev
Students boycotted the canteen notorious for its bad food
in a semi intentional enactment of battleship Potemkin
What was Stalin condemned as
“Enemy of the people”
In the three years preceding the secret speech how many political prisoners were rehabilitated
7,000
In the three years following the secret speech how many political prisoners were rehabilitated
617,000
When was the Hungarian uprising
October 1956
What was the Warsaw pact
A military alliance of East European communist states in 1955
What did Zhukov become like after the defeat of the anti party group
Assertive
Big reputation
Big ego
What did Khrushchev do to Zhukov
Removed him from his positions in the presidium and central comitee
What had the unrest in Poland and Hungary been used to argue
That Khrushchev’s “secret speech” had undermined credibility unity and strength of the international communist movement
When was Khrushchev outvoted 7 to 4
June 1957
Who said in the 22nd party congress that Lenin said in her dream that and said that she didn’t like lying beside Stalin
77 year old
Lazurkina
What were the results of the 22nd party congress
Stalin’s mummified body was removed from the Lenin Mausoleum
Places named after Stalin were renamed
-Stalingrad became Volgograd
-Stalino became Donetsk
Monuments of stalin were destroyed
Khrushchev proposed that a memorial for Stalin’s victims be built in Moscow
What was the state of Soviet agriculture in 1953
Productivity was too low
Terms like “Biological yield” for grain harvest were used to hide realities
Livestock numbers were comparatively low to previously and numbers of cows were falling
What was the Virgin lands campaign
Huge operation designed to plough up a vast tract of virgin land in Kazakhsatn,Urals and Siberia for grain cultivation
How many Komsomol volunteers were mobilised to cultivate this area
More than 300,000 Komsomol volunteers
By 1956 how many million acres of land was cultivated
35.9 million acres by 1956
Area equal to size of Canada
What were conditions like in the virgin lands scheme
Conditions were primitive and harsh
-ran like a military campaign with an emphasis on speed
What was the grain harvest in 1956
125 million tons of grain
-Over half was from the new regions
By 1963 what was the virgin lands scheme harvest like
Grain harvest was disastrous and Virgin lands scheme produced their smallest scheme for years
What did Khrushchev say about corn
“Corn can produce high yields in all areas of our country”
“Corn is unequalled by nay other crop”
Out of 85 million acres that were planted how much was harvested ripe
1/6
What did Krushchev claim regarding the USA
That the USSR would catch up with the USA in per capita meat output by 1960
When was the 7 year plan
1959-65
What was there a large investment in the 7 year plan
Oil and natural gas
When was the first succesful test of an inter continental ballistic missile carried out
August 1957
What was the first satellite in space called
Sputnik
Who was the first man in space
Yuri Gagarin
When did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space
1961
Between 1954-55 how many enterprises were transferred from central to republican control
11,000
In May 1957 how many regional economic councils were established to take place of the central economic ministeries
105
What did Krushchev prioritise regarding social change
the “good of the people”
What was the new party programme described as
remarkable combination of self delusion, wishful thinking and utopianism
What are 3 claims from the new party programme
A communist society will almost be complete by 1980
By 1970 there will be no housing shortage and the shortage and the Soviet union will have overtaken the USA in per capita production
By the 1980- the real income per head will have increased by more than 250%
Between 1956 and 1965 approximately how many people moved into new apartments
108 million people moved into new apartments
What was the housing like
Poor quality but made a real change in peoples lives
In Krushchevs time in power how much did the people in higher education increase by
Almost trebled
After the editor of the Novy Mir asked party bosses for permission to write a little bit of “truth about the realities in the country
What was the response
“Literature must stay completely at the service of the party”
In 1956 which novel did Boris Pasternack offer the manuscript of to Novy Mir
Dr Zhivago
Why was Dr Zhivago rejected
Felt that novel was against the revolution and that it portrayed the Soviet state in a very negative light
When and where was DR zhivago published
Italy in 1957 and 1958 and Pasternack was awarded the Nobel prize of literatuure for it
What happened following Zhivago receiving the Nobel prize for literature
Illegal copies circulated the USSR
the CIA gave out copies to Soviet visitors in the Brussels universal and international exposition in 1958
How many copies of one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich were published in its first 6 months
1 Million
What was in one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
detailed the life of what it was like in the Gulags
What impact did One day in he life of Ivan Denisovich do
resonated with former inmates, these had never been mentioned before
What was the name of a small Russian town that had an uprising
Novocherkassk
When was the Novocherkassk uprising
1st June 1962
What was the result of the Cuban missile crisis
USA promised to never invade Cuba however this news was secret so Russia was publicly humbled
When was the MTS abolished
1958
What did Krushchev reduce the size of and what was the result
restricted size of private plots
Put pressure on peasants to sell their cows to the public
What did Krushchev leave out of the secret speech
No criticism of Marxism-Leninism
No criticism of Stalin before 1934
Ignores sufferings of non party members before the war
What did Beria do following Stalins death
Beria rushed to Stalins safe
-feared and disliked by other leader
What was Beria blamed for
Rising in East Berlin
-Helped Krushchev gain support
What happened to Beria
Beria denounced in Pravda
Accused of being a British agent for 30 years
Killed secretly after being in custody for 6 months
