Soviet Leaders Flashcards
0
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What was stalins personality like ?
A
Paranoid and suspicious.
1
Q
Who was the soviet dictator at the end of WW2 ?
A
Stalin
2
Q
When did Stalin die ?
A
March 1953
3
Q
What kind of system succeeded him ?
A
Rule by equals
4
Q
What did malenkov champion ?
A
New course
5
Q
What was this New Course?
A
Peace between the superpowers
6
Q
What was peaceful co-existence
A
Economic competition between the superpowers
7
Q
When did Khrushchev become leader of the Soviet Union ?
A
1955
8
Q
What did Khrushchev do in 1956?
A
Send tanks into Hungary
9
Q
Why was Khrushchev deposed?
A
Failure in Cuban missile crisis
10
Q
What was Khrushcheves style?
A
Bombastic
11
Q
Who succeed Khrushchev
A
Brezhnev
12
Q
When did Khrushchev get deposed
A
1964
13
Q
How long was brezehenv in office?
A
1964-1982
14
Q
Who succeed Brezhnev ?
A
Andropov in November 1982
