Economic and social developments (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Soviet term for de-Stalinisation
Soviet term for de-Stalinisation
Overcoming/exposure of cult of personality
Year silent de-Stalinisation began
Year silent de-Stalinisation began
1953
Secret Speech duration
Secret Speech duration
Four hours
Stalin's NKVD torture instructions
Stalin's NKVD torture instructions
Beat, beat and once again beat
People exposed to Secret Speech transcript
People exposed to Secret Speech transcript
Around 25 million
Hungarian uprising casualties (Oct 1956)
Hungarian uprising casualties (Oct 1956)
20,000
Virgin Lands Komsomol volunteers mobilised
Virgin Lands Komsomol volunteers mobilised
More than 300,000
Maize harvested ripe (fraction of planted)
Maize harvested ripe (fraction of planted)
Only about one-sixth
First man in space & year
First man in space & year
Yuri Gagarin, 1961
Khrushchev's Seven-Year Plan period
Khrushchev's Seven-Year Plan period
1959-65