The USSR, 1953-1980

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Head of government at time of Stalinâ€™s death; outmanoeuvred by Khrushchev* Malenkov
Head of Secret Police at time of Stalinâ€™s death; outmanoeuvred by Khrushchev*Beria
Short-term ally of Khrushchev, until Malenkov and Beria were disposed of!*Bulganin
Successor to Stalin, the â€˜little man with the baggy trousers from the Ukraineâ€™ (Hughes)*Khrushchev
Successor to Khrushchev*Brezhnev
Khruschevâ€™s work with this figure on the Moscow subway brought him to Stalinâ€™s attention*Kaganovich
Foreign Secretary at the time of Stalinâ€™s death; outmanoeuvred by Khrushchev*Molotov
Historian who describes Khrushchev as â€˜a mixture of raw courage and blundering insensitivity â€¦ the right man to tackle Stalinâ€™s legacyâ€™.*Whitehead
Historian who describes Khrushchev as the â€˜little man with the baggy trousers from the Ukraineâ€™*Hughes
Author of â€˜One Life in the Day of Ivan Denisovitchâ€™, the publication of which implied a relaxation of censorship*Solzhenitsyn
Along with Volga Germans, Brezhnev rehabilitated them from accusations of treason during WW2*Crimean Tartars
Despite being acquitted of Stalinâ€™s charges of treason by Brezhnev, these people were still not allowed to settle in certain parts of the USSR*Volga Germans
Although more goods were produced, they were of poor quality: e.g. this make of car*Lada
Date when Malenkov, under pressure from Khrushchev, stood down as chairman of the council of ministers*1955
Date when Khrushchev masterminded the arrest of Beria and his execution for fabricating the â€˜Doctorâ€™s Plotâ€™*1953
Date when Khrushchev delivered his â€˜Secret Speechâ€™ attacking Stalinâ€™s â€˜Cult of the Individualâ€™*1956
Amount of hours that the â€˜Secret Speechâ€™ took to read out*Four
Year in which Khrushchev oversaw the publication of a new history of the USSR critical of Stalin*1959
Year of the New Soviet Constitution which promised increased civil liberties (but failed to deliver!)*1977
Date by which half of all soviet citizens had a TV and washing machine*1968
Percentage increase in housing and tractor production under Brezhnev*300
Year in which half of the crop yield came from the Virgin Lands*1956
Year in which six million fresh acres were cultivated under Virgin Lands scheme*1954
By this date, 38% of peasants were living below the poverty line*1980
Sputnik 1 and 2  launched*1957
Missions to the moon, Mars and Venus*1959
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space*1961
Luna 16 takes samples from the moon*1970
First space station launched.*1971
By this date, the USSR employed more research scientists than any other country*1965
Khrushchev gained credibility during the war by helping remove industry from theâ€¦?*Ukraine
Russian city renamed Volgograd as part of the process of de-Stalinisation*Stalingrad
A nuclear disaster here in 1986 illustrated that even the greatest achievements of Soviet Russia were marred by shoddy workmanship*Chernobyl
Along with Southern Siberia, the main place where the Virgin Lands scheme was carried out*Kazakhztan
The environmental disaster here shows the long-term folly of Post-Stalinist irrigation policies*Lake Baikal
Khrushchev reached this rank during the Great Patriotic War, bringing him credibility with the army*Lieutenant General
Name given to the giant agricultural towns established by Khrushchev in the countryside*Agrogorods
Style of government which Khrushchev claimed to favour after the death of Stalin*Collective Leadership
The 10 man body which replaced the Politburo in Stalinâ€™s final years*Presidium
The 5-man body where most power lay in the years after Stalinâ€™s death*Secretariat
Russian word, meaning â€˜The Thawâ€™ which is often applied to Khrushchevâ€™s period in power*Ottepel
Khrushchevâ€™s famously denounced Stalin at the 20th Party Congress in the â€¦?*Secret Speech
What Khrushchev condemned Stalin for promoting during the â€˜Secret Speechâ€™ of 1956*Cult of the Individual
Khrushchev said that: â€˜It is no use everyone having the right ideology if they have to walk around without anyâ€¦?â€™*Trousers
The 7th Five Year Plan was innovative because it focused on consumer goods and alsoâ€¦?*Chemicals / Plastics
The 9th Five Year Plan was innovative because it gave what type of product the highest priority for the first time?*Consumer Goods
Khrushchevâ€™s ambitious slogan, promoting radical change*â€˜Communism in 20 yearsâ€™
Brezhnevâ€™s rather conservative slogan, promoting conservatism.*â€˜Developed Socialismâ€™
This was one of the few things provided by the Soviet state which was notably cheaper than in the West*Public Transport
Regional economic councils, set up by Khrushchev but dissolved by Brezhnev*Sovnarkhoze
Central economic planning agency, dissolved by Khrushchev*Gosplan
A policy pursued by Khrushchev to dilute state power, and reversed by Brezhnev*Decentralisation
State farms; Khrushchev was keen to increase their number*Sovkhozes
Khrushchev dissolved these Stalinist creations, and damaged agriculture*MTS Stations
Khrushchevâ€™s â€˜hare brainedâ€™ idea of bringing fresh land under the plough*Virgin Lands Scheme
Along with state pensions and a minimum wage, Brezhnev introduced these for peasants*Internal passports
Massive state farms â€“ â€˜Super-Sovkhozesâ€™ â€“ a dream of Khrushchevâ€™s which failed to materialise *Agrogoroda
Name given to Khrushchevâ€™s stupid idea of sowing inappropriate crops in the Virgin Lands*â€˜Maize Crazeâ€™
Achievements in technology were great, but were expensive and merely helped prolong theâ€¦?"*Cold War

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