Krushcev and De-Stalinization
- Stalin dies in 1953
- Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55
- replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
- Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
- First act was to for Warsaw Pact
- It signalled less harsh treatment of the satellite states
View Nikita Khrushchev and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
Summary
Nikita Krushchev became the new leader of the Soviets, promising a better life for them.