Khrushchev: his aims, policies and significance

What happened in November 1956?

´We will bury you' (Khrushchev) to Western Diplomats. Capitalism is doomed to extinction.

How long was Khrushchev Premier of the Soviet Union?

1958-64

What was Khrushchev's background?

He was born in 1874 and died in 1971, he was Ukrainian and had a worker-peasant background. He became a political commissar with the Red Army during the Civil War.

He was a leading Stalinist from the mid-1920s, he sponsored a variety of reforms.

He was deposed by Brezhnev in October 1964.

Destalinisation- secret speech in February 1956.

What is an ICBM?

It stands for an inter-continental ballistic missile, it is a rocket that can cross oceans.

What was 'Communism by 1980?'

Khrushchev said this in a speech in October 1961, he wanted to beat the Americans by avoiding conflict, and by 1980 the Soviets could win the Cold War. The Soviets could focus on economic growth and obtaining more nuclear weapons. From 1959-60, 5.9% of the Soviet economy was growing each year.