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Card 6

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The Chistka: designed to remove unhappy party officials in order to speed up the implementation of economic policy

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Card 7

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Murder of Kirov: assassinated by Nikolayev, a Party member with a personal grudge against both the Party and Kirov

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Card 8

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Soviet Constitution: eveyone given the vote, civil rights including freedom of the press were given, only candidates from the communist party could stand for election

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Card 9

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High Stalinism: terror used to reinforce control as concessions were withdrawn. Divided potential rivals to his power and minimise their threat to his position

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Card 10

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'Secret Speech': Khrushchev criticised Stalin and stated that the Soviet system should returrn to the legality of Lenin

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Card 11

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Downfall of Khrushchev: disastrous harvest in 1963, made many economic mistakes, humiliating back-down during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962

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Card 12

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Soviet Constitution: enshrined the right of citizens to criticise ineffective Party secretaries

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