Khrushchev Thaw
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title:
Khrushchev Thaw
text:
The Khrushchev Thaw is the period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s when repression and censorship in the Soviet Union were relaxed due to Nikita Khrushchev's policies of de-Stalinization and peaceful coexistence with other nations. The term was coined after Ilya Ehrenburg's 1954 novel The Thaw ("Оттепель"), sensational for its time. The Thaw became possible after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. First Secretary Khrushchev denounced former General Secretary Stalin in the "Secret Speech" at
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description:
Period of Soviet history, 1950s-60s
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchev_Thaw
date created:
2004-09-23T11:21:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T14:24:29Z
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