Motives for destalinisation

Question 1

stalin dies

Answer 1

march 5th 1953

Question 2

20th congress of communist party

Answer 2

February 14, 1956 - February 25, 1956

25th gave 4hr secret speech

Question 3

Stalin show trials

Answer 3

August 1936
14 party members trialled
Zinoviev–Kamenev both killed August 25th 1936

Question 4

Purges

Answer 4

NKDV purged 20000 kileed
89/103 military admirals
91% of officers

Great Purge (1936–1938): Approximately 700,000 to 1.2 million people were executed,

Question 5

Doctors plot

Answer 5

January 13, 1953: The Soviet newspapers Pravda and Izvestiya reported the arrest of nine doctors,

15 doctors trialled, 13 killed
Predominaltl jewish

Khrushchev stated that Stalin intended to use the fabricated case as a pretext for a broader purge,

Question 6

Losses ww2

Answer 6

Kruscev blamed it on stalin
Military deaths: Approximately 8.7 million
Civilian deaths: Around 13.7 million
25 million total

Question 7

Poor prdoctuion

Answer 7

1953 = Grain harvest 82 million tonnes
1956 = 125 million tonnes

increase by 43 million tonnes