The Khrushchev Era, 1953-1964History and politics students alike will welcome this new Seminar Study which analyses the Khrushchev era -- a critical period of Soviet and world history. It was Khrushchev who, in 1957, finally filled the political vacuum left by the death of Stalin in 1953. He was an erratic, impulsive, inspirational and innovative leader who addressed the fundamental problems of the country - and yet he was, Martin McCauley argues, "a brilliant failure''. In this study the author explores all aspects of the Khrushchev era: including reforms in agriculture, economic policy, crises in Eastern Europe, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, de-Stalinisation and Khrushchev's attempts to reform the Communist Party. |
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... Malenkov , but found out that Beria was a move ahead - he had already struck a deal with Malenkov . Even before Stalin was dead , during the night of 4-5 March 1953 , the bureau of the Central Committee Presidium , consisting of Beria ...
... Malenkov's personality developed , with , for instance , a fabricated photograph of him appearing in Pravda . At the funeral speeches were made by Beria , Malenkov and Molotov . This appeared to be the new triumvirate . Beria was very ...
... Malenkov held the key , and Khrushchev worked to undermine his commitment to Beria . He got Malenkov to draft Presidium motions which would result in policy defeats for Beria , and in this way made clear to Malenkov that the Georgian ...
Contents
Khrushchev in Moscow | 4 |
Rebuilding Ukraine | 11 |
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS | 17 |
Copyright | |
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