Krushchev and De-stalization
- Stalin dies in 1953
- Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55.
- Russia
- Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
- Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
- First act was to form Warsaw Pact
- It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
Joseph Stalin passed away in 1953 after suffering from a severe cerebral hemorrhage, and was replaced in 1955 by Nikita Khrushchev. The new leader intended to remove any existing support for Stalin through De-Stalinization. The first step towards this process, was the signing of the Warsaw Pact in 1955. This agreement signaled better treatment for the satellite states. The new leader wanted to remove the Stalinist political system, and gulag work camps to make the nation his own.
EVEN NOW WE FEEL THAT STALIN WAS DEVOTED TO COMMUNISM, HE WAS A MARXIST, THIS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE DENIED.
- NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
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