The secret police under Khrushchev Flashcards
1
Q
What did Khrushchev renounce?
A
The use of mass terror and stopped using it as a weapon against the Party
2
Q
What did Khrushchev organise?
A
What did Khrushchev organise?
3
Q
What did Khrushchev organise?
A
The rehabilitation of thousands of former Party members
4
Q
What was Khrushchev’s preferred method of social control?
A
To encourage “popular oversight” in which ordinary citizens disciplined themselves
5
Q
What was Khrushchev’s preferred method of social control?
A
To encourage “popular oversight” in which ordinary citizens disciplined themselves and each other
6
Q
In 1959 Khrushchev proudly proclaimed that there were no longer any political prisoners in the Soviet Union, declaring…
A
“there are no political prisoners, only persons of unsound mind”
