Opposition- Khrushchev Flashcards
What happened in June 1957?
Malenkov, Molotov, voroshilov and Bulganin attempted to overthrow Khrushchev, he used his base support in the party to win a vote against them.
How had the secret speech impacted opposition groups?
They felt they could rebel if they were unhappy with communist rule, this created major issues in Hungary and Poland.
What happened to Khrushchev’s party opponents?
Malenkov was sent to Kazakhstan to become director of a hydroelectric plant. 2. Molotov became ambassador to Mongolia. 3. Kaganovich was sent to the Urals to lead a potash works.
How else did Khrushchev deal with party opposition?
In 1958 Bulganin was forced to retire and Zhukov was deposed. In 1961 Molotov, Malenkov and kaganovich.
What were some criticisms of the cultural thaw?
Some said Khrushchev inherited a decaying empire, the focus on eliminating the cult of Stalin and peaceful coexistence with the west diverted his plans to fully overcome production problems.
What type of opposition reemerged?
With the revival of the intelligentsia and the educational reforms, intelligentsia opposition began to develop, students and professors were more exposed to western ideas of freedom and democracy and began to question communist ideology.
What happened in October 1964?
Khrushchev retired as party leader owing to ill health, in reality, his policies had turned many in the party against him and they planned to remove him.
How was Khrushchev removed?
Whilst he was holidaying in the Crimean, Brezhnev and Kosygin developed a plot to overthrow him, he was ordered to return home and resign. With the entire central committee calling for his resignation, he was forced to go.
Which groups had he alienated?
- Army generals who were unhappy with him cutting the size of the army and his handling of the Cuban missile crisis. 2. People in the party who were unhappy wit his decentralization schemes. 3. Many were unhappy with his domestic and foreign policy failures, their unease over his leadership was deepened by the Cuban missile crisis and harvest of 1963.
What showed the achievement of de-stanlinization?
The fact that Khrushchev was allowed to peacefully retire from the party and live out the rest of his life, he was not shot and there were no mass purges.
