Economic and social developments (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Soviet term for de-Stalinisation
Soviet term for de-Stalinisation
Overcoming/exposure of the cult of personality
Year silent de-Stalinisation began
Year silent de-Stalinisation began
1953
Party officials shot 1935-40 (Dec 1955 commission)
Party officials shot 1935-40 (Dec 1955 commission)
688,503
Duration of Secret Speech
Duration of Secret Speech
Four hours with an intermission
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
Rehabilitated in 10 months after Secret Speech
Rehabilitated in 10 months after Secret Speech
617,000
Hungarian uprising date & casualties
Hungarian uprising date & casualties
October 1956, 20,000 casualties
Komsomol volunteers for Virgin Lands Campaign
Komsomol volunteers for Virgin Lands Campaign
More than 300,000
Virgin Lands acres cultivated by 1959
Virgin Lands acres cultivated by 1959
35.9 million acres
Maize harvested ripe (fraction planted)
Maize harvested ripe (fraction planted)
Only about one-sixth
Year MTS abolished
Year MTS abolished
1958
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
Regional economic councils (date & number)
Regional economic councils (date & number)
May 1957, 105 councils