THE THAW

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THE THAW

• GEORGE MALENKOV (1902-88)
• LAVRENTII BERIA (1899-53)
• NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (1894-71)
• FALL OF BERIA (June 26, 1953)
• KHRUSHCHEVS VICTORY (September 1953)
• ILYA EHRENBURGS THE THAW (1953)

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DE-STALINIZATION

• THE TWENTIETH PARTY CONGRESS (February 14-25,
  1956)
• CONCEPTS OF PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE AND PEACEFUL
  TRANSTION TO SOCIALISM
• KHRUSHCHEVS SECRET REPORT ON THE CULT OF
  PERSONALITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (February 25,
  1956)
• REHABILITATIONS
• THE ANTI-PARTY GROUP OF MOLOTOV, MALENKOV, AND
  SOME OTHERS (June 22-29, 1957)
• ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYNS ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF
  IVAN DENISOVICH (1962)

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DISILLUSIONS

• TURMOIL IN POLAND (June October 1956)
• WLADYSLAW GOMULKA (1905-82)
• THE HUNGARIAN REVOLT (October November 1956)
• IMRE NAGY (1896-1958)
• SOVIET AMBASSADOR YURI ANDROPOV
• SOVIET INVASION OF HUNGARY (November 4, 1956)

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DISSILUSIONS

• KHRUSHCHEVS VISIT TO THE U.S.A. (September
  15-27, 1959)
• MAOS NEGATIVE REACTION
• SINO-SOVIET RIFT (1960)
• THE BERLIN WALL (August 13, 1961)
• AMERICA REVEALS SOVIET MISSILS IN CUBA (October
  15, 1962)
• CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (October 18-29, 1962)
• ECONOMIC CRISIS
• FALL OF KHRUSHCHEV (October 14, 1964)
• ERNEST NEIZVESTNY

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NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV