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    Nikita Khrushchev rose to power after the death of Stalin. He was a leader who desperately worked for reform yet his reforms hardly ever accomplished their goals. He was a man who praised Stalin while he was alive but when Stalin died Khrushchev was the first to publicly denounce him. Khrushchev came to power in 1953 and stayed in power until 1964, when he was forced to resign. 	Stalin died without naming an heir, and none of his associates had the power to immediately claim supreme leadership

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    death of Stalin in March 1953 and the ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, the Soviet government began its efforts to move past the Stalin era, in which fear and repression characterized domestic politics and distrust and aggression did the same for Soviet foreign relations. Part of these efforts included Khrushchev’s emphasis of the principle of ‘peaceful coexistence.’ To fully understand this idea, one must examine what exactly Khrushchev meant when he advanced the concept in 1956. In addition

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    Kennedy and Khrushchev Essay

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    months of his presidency, Kennedy faced pressure within his administration to combat the rising socialist power of Cuba in Latin America. However, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev forced his position in Cuba, ultimately countering U.S. occupation by deploying Soviet troops and maintaining communist influence in the region. Khrushchev believed that U.S. invasion in Cuba was imminent and prepared to fight against American troops. The Vienna Summit in 1961 outlined the desire to takeover Berlin, a

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    Khrushchev argued for a return to Leninism, and affirmed that Stalinism was separate from Lenin’s idea of socialism. This was the first attempt (post-Stalin) to redefine socialism in order to justify future reforms. He points out that, “Stalin acted not through persuasion, explanation, and patient cooperation with people, but by imposing this concept and demanding absolute submission to his opinion” (Khrushchev 212). This also implied that there were ‘good

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    How did the worsening of ideological relations between Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev lead to the Sini-Soviet split in the 1960s? 1. History: The worsening of political and ideological relationship between Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev led to the Sino-Soviet Split. In 1960, China and Soviet Union were believed to be the two largest states with the communist approach internationally (Ross 3). The origin of Sino- Soviet split can be found from the era of 1940’s, when China fought the

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    The following primary source analysis is from Nikita Khrushchev’s speech delivered to the 20th congress of the Communist party of the USSR in Moscow on February 25 1956. In the speech Khrushchev heavily criticized the role played by the deceased Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and in particular the great purge of the communist parties at the end of the 1930s. He accused Stalin of constructing a leadership personality cult and still claiming to follow the beliefs of the communist party. Khrushchev’s primary

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    PERCEPTIONS and INTERACTIONS Both Kennedy and Khrushchev knew each others strengths and weaknesses. The CIA put a briefing document together about Khrushchev which included their perception on who he was and who he believed himself to be. In November 1957 Khrushchev arrived at a diplomatic reception in Moscow, surrounded by news reporters he tells a story of a little boy that was in prison with little education and tells the reporters of how this little boy was elected as cell leader and volunteers

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    Gobbet 2- Khrusschev’s Secret Speech The Source is an extract of a speech given by Nikita Khrushchev at the Twentieth Party Congress of the Soviet Union on February 25th 1956. Khrushchev served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the world's early space program, and for

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    The styles of policy between Khrushchev and Brezhnev are quite oposite given the fact that Brezhnev was Khrushchev protégé. When Khrushchev rose to power, it was primarily because of his anti-Stalin’s ideals. He had to fight his way to get the position and just to be able to reform and make a better Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s campaign, focused on the De-Stalinization which encouraged many intellectual and artistic individuals to speak out the abuse they had suffered under Stalin. Although, the views

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    Nikita Khrushchev, by Hayden Kennedy Khrushchev was born on April, 15, 1894 in Kalinovka, a small town near the Ukraine border. He joined the communist Bolsheviks in 1918, which was more than a year after they seized power in the Russian Revolution. During the Russian Civil War, his first wife died of typhus, leaving him with 2 children. He remarried and had four more kids. Khrushchev rose through the communist ranks after moving to Moscow in 1929. He eventually entered Dictator Stalin’s inner circle

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