Question | Answer |
When did Stalin die? | 1953 |
Who was the next Soviet leader after Stalin? | Nikita Khrushchev |
What did Khrushchev do and when? | In 1956, Khrushchev made an attack on Stalin, accusing him of being a tyrant who was an enemy of the people and kept all of his power to himself. Therefore he began the de-stalinisation programme. |
What did the destalinisation programme do? | Khrushchev released political prisoners; closed down Cominform as part of his reconciliation with Yugoslavia; invited Marshall Tito to Moscow; dismissed Stalin's former Foreign Minister, Molotov. |
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