Khrushchev's domestic policies
This policy of exposing and criticizing Stalin’s crimes was launched by Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech.”
De-Stalinization
Khrushchev's foreign policy slogan meaning competition with the West without direct war.
Peaceful Coexistence
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The doctrine justifying military intervention in any socialist country to "safeguard communism."
Brezhnev Doctrine
Despite his anti-Stalin rhetoric, Khrushchev continued this key feature of the command economy: prioritizing this sector over consumer goods.
Heavy Industry
The 1956 uprising in this Eastern European country was crushed by Soviet tanks.
Hungary
His policy of ending purges and giving lifetime tenure to party officials, creating an aging elite.
Stability of Cadres
The 1968 invasion that crushed the Prague Spring reform movement.
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev’s failed agricultural scheme that tried to grow grain on land in Kazakhstan and Siberia.
Virgin Lands Campaign
This 1955 Soviet-led military alliance was formed in response to West Germany joining NATO.
Warsaw Pact
His 1973 economic reform that gave factories slightly more autonomy but was quickly reversed by the central ministries.
Kosygin Reforms
The policy of eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s that led to major arms treaties.
Détente
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When was the Berlin Wall built? (year)
1961
The elite social class of party officials and state managers who benefited from special stores and privileges under his rule.
Nomenklatura
When did the Sino-Soviet border conflict happen? (year)
1969
Name all Khrushchev's political rivals in 1953 (125 for each name)
Beria, Molotov, Malenkov, Kaganovich
The 1955 conference in this city where Khrushchev first promoted "peaceful coexistence" with the West, shocking hardliners.
Geneva Summit
Name two Brezhnev-era dissidents (250 for each)
Solzhenitsyn, Sakharov, Brodsky
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