1. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lesson you will be able to…
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A*

2. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A
Task: Once you are
in and settled..
What does this cartoon
Suggest about Khruschev’s
Rule?
What defined him?

3. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A
Khrushchev
- Born to a Russian Peasant Family.
- Was trained as a Joiner and was active in Trade Union activities.
- Fought in the Red Army
In 1918 became a Party member
At Stalingrad
- Boorish (rude and impolite)
- Interrupting speakers
- Humiliated people
- He once describe Mao (leader of Communist China) as an “old Galosh” translated to “old boot” which means Prostitute or immoral women
- He once took of his shoe during an UN General assembly and banged it off the table repeatedly.

4. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A
De-Stalinisation (Government)
- Not an intellectual heavyweight
- Joint leader with Bulganin until 1956
- Twentieth Party Congress
“Secret Speech”
Bulganin v Khrushchev
1958 Undisputed leader
Brought in new blood
Brezhnev and Kosygin.
Party membership 6.9m-11m
Decentralisation of republics.
“Sovnarkkhozy” 105 economic
councils.
- Policy of Peaceful Coexistence
Sputnik 1957
Laika the Dog 1957
Yuri Gagarin 1961
Berlin Wall 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Novocherkassk massacre 1962
Economy
Reduced pay differences
Decriminalised absenteeism
“Virgin Lands” Scheme 1954
250% increase in investment
in Agr.
agric. Production
Rose by 43m tonnes.
Early 1960s rainfall and erosion
Motor Tractor Stations
abolished
1963 Drought.
Nikita
Khrushchev
Society
Reform of Housing and education policies
Comrades courts set up.
Brutal campaign against the church.
“One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch”
(Solzhenitsyn)
Elitism in Communist party attacked

5. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

6. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

7. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

8. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

9. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

10. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

11. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A

12. LO: To assess Khrushchev in Power
Describe Khruschev’s actions in power E-D
Explain the importance of de-Stalinisation C-B
Assess how far he was a reforming leader A-A