Unit 3-Eastern Europe

Question 1

What was destalinisation?

Answer 1

• A policy by Kruschev when Stalin died in 1953 to move away from the policies Stalin
• led to a more relaxed atmosphere within the USSR, as the government moved away from heavily repressive measures
• Khrushchev criticised Stalin’s use of terror
• he implemented policies that reduced the power of the secret police and he released political prisoners
• Led to a temporary thaw in the cold war

Question 2

what was the secret speech?

Answer 2

• Made by Khrushchev in 1956
• Khrushchev criticised Stalin’s methods