Reform Stability And Stagnation 1953-1985

Reform, Stabiltiy and Stangnation 1953-1985

• 1953 Beria introduced an amnesty for non political prisoners 
• April 1953 amnesty extended to some counter revolutionaries 
• Party comission in the MVD, secret police rehabilitated 4620 prisoners
• Prison Labour in MVD also terminated
• 1953 Beria introduced republics refoms, all leaders of republics should speak the language 
• 1953-1956 Khruskchev replaced 44% of central comitee and half of the regional cadres, with his own supporters
• 1954 cut central controlled industry to 44%, meant to cut power of state and attack Malenkov
• The Secret Speech, 1956, twentieth party congress, criticised stalin and revealed…