Krushchev Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Virgin Land Campaign began
A
1954
2
Q
KGB formed, what happened to MVD?
A
1954, MVD turned into the body responsible for normal policing
3
Q
Khrushchev met with Tito (defrosting of relationship with Yugoslavia)
A
1955
4
Q
Warsaw Pact, what was it?
A
May 1955, soviet military defence treaty
5
Q
First hydrogen bomb developed
A
1955
6
Q
20th party congress and secret speech
A
February 1956
7
Q
Comniform ended
A
September 1956
8
Q
Polish thaw- Polish granted greater freedoms
A
October 1956
9
Q
Hungarian uprising
A
October-November 1956
10
Q
Sovnarkoz reform, what was it?
A
1957, organisation to manage separate economic region
11
Q
Sputnik launched into space
A
1957
12
Q
8 hour working day
A
1958
13
Q
Khrushchev visits America
A
1959
14
Q
Khrushchev maize growing campaign launched
A
1959
15
Q
Shoe banging on table
A
1960
