how far was destalinisation a break from the past?

?
  • Created by: Ellioo
  • Created on: 21-05-22 15:41
View mindmap
  • how far was destalinisation a break from the past?
    • secret speech 1956
      • far
        • 617k prisoners released after, 1/3rd central committee replace
      • not far
        • dictatorship of K and party. patronage and corruption continued.
    • political change
      • far
        • mps not imprisoned for failing targets
        • decentralisation, min of agri
        • only 3 years party service
      • not far
        • power of a communist dictatorship continued
        • decentralisation- lacked direction, so minsters took charge
    • repression
      • not far
        • hungary 1956- 2500 killed
          • poland spared/ gomulka- bc not asking to leave Warsaw Pact
            • poznan
        • poland spared/ gomulka- bc not asking to leave Warsaw Pact
          • poznan
        • criticism- psych ward, exile etc
        • nobel prize- dr zhivago not allowed
        • abstract art exhibition closed
        • churches 20k- 13k
    • economic change
      • far
        • consumer goods v heavy industry
        • lack of investment+ expansion in agri under stalin v virgin lands
      • not far
        • still economic growth over quality
        • arms race
        • centrl planning- failure of V lands
  • Far
    • anti-party group not executed
    • new law code 1958
    • repression
      • not far
        • hungary 1956- 2500 killed
          • criticism- psych ward, exile etc
          • nobel prize- dr zhivago not allowed
          • abstract art exhibition closed
          • churches 20k- 13k
      • absenteeism/turnover not illegal/punished
      • artist fredom post '54
      • ivan book
      • foreign media/visitors
    • attack on dictatorship, cult of personality etc
      • far
        • 617k prisoners released after, 1/3rd central committee replace

    Comments

    No comments have yet been made

    Similar History resources:

    See all History resources »See all Russia - 19th and 20th century resources »