OPP TO KRUSCHEV+ FALL FROM POWER 1964 7 Flashcards
magnitizdat
process of copying and distributing audio tape recordings (criticising soviet life) not commercially available outside s.u
tape recording mass produced in u.s in 60’s, circulation fo magnitizdat in 60’s was 128k
kuznetsov
arrested 1961 for participating In under ground soviet group that spread illegal literature
who where the political opp?
-hardliners
mostly hardliners who criticised kruschev secret speech the instability caused by reform and wanted a return to stalinist policies
who were political opp?
notability
of the anti party group that tried to oust k in ju e 1957> k able to out man over then via Zhukov
treatment of political opp
less severe than under stalin; usually ended up in demotions 1953-55 250k appeals from political prisoners, only 4% released stepped up 1956>9m political prisoners rehabilitated
FALL OF KRUSHEV LEADERSHIP:
kruschev personality
sometimes viewed as medaling in matters he had little expertise
accused of failing to take advice
overbearing attitude
accused on creating own cop
shoe banging incident 1960
FALL OF KRUSHEV LEADERSHIP:
agricultural failures
vls+devotion to maize resulted with krushev falling short of targets he was known to boast about
k forced to buy grain using gold reserved from the west
accused of gross mistakes of ag org
FALL OF KRUSHEV LEADERSHIP:
cuban missile crisis 1962
1962 USA discovered k supplying weapons to Fidel Castro (in Cuba)
usa placed quarantine around Cuba and ordered soviet ships to head back
after tense negotiations, ships forced to withdraw and Soviet remove all missiles from Cuba , apparatnely victory for us diplomacy and defeat for kruschev
FALL OF KRUSHEV LEADERSHIP:
baeurocratic inneficiencies - interference
k constantly interfering in both part and state administration underwent period of shaking them up
FALL OF KRUSHEV LEADERSHIP:
beurocratic inneficieies
1956-61
1962
replaced 2/3 of council ministers and replaced half of central committe
divide party into parallel hierachies> extremely unpopular in all levels
relegation of krushev 1964
summons back from holiday to ememegrency meeting of presidium, voicing their ciritism, he refused to resign but some of key supporters was out of Moscow, next day little option but to resign
soviet union in 1964
politically
end to mass terror/reduction in political coercion
secret speech pathed way for relaxation of political tensions
soviet union in 1964
economically
reform of planned economy was difficult and would’ve halted production
industrially, a genuine desire of k to improve living standard of urban pop but also keep on heavy indsutyr
ag> rurally still depressing place> people wanting to move na leave county so urban areas outpace rural
soviet union in 1964
socially
students more educatied and modernised where developing ideas of science and tech
