Joseph Stalin’s official reign of terror ended with his death in 1953‚ but the effects of his autocratic rule continued for many years to follow. His lasting hold on the people of the former Soviet Union still lingers in a few brainwashed minds. In the article “Stalin’s Afterlife” and the movie “Russia’s War - Blood Upon the Snow”‚ Stalin is portrayed as the monster really was and should be remembered as. It said in “Stalin’s Afterlife”
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reasons why Nikita Khrushchev later sent in tanks into Hungary‚ despite having pulled out in the early start of the revolution‚ was mainly due to Nagy’s wish to withdraw from the Warsaw pact‚ after a year it was created. This made Khrushchev furious; due to the fact they were breaking the Warsaw Pact contract‚ and were violating the rules. Based on the minute’s document‚ this was Khrushchev primary reason to sending in the military into Hungary in order to capture Nagy. Did Khrushchev have a choice
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missiles that were capable of striking anywhere within the entire Soviet Union. As it is often said‚ when it comes to national security‚ leaders sometimes make irrational decisions. In an effort to restore the balance of power Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev devised the idea of placing intermediate-range missiles in Cuba (14 days in October). This deployment of weapons in Cuba would double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a credible deterrent to a potential U.S. attack against the Soviet
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support of Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime‚ and in the summer of 1962‚ Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install ballistic missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy and the other leaders of our country were faced with a horrible dilemma where a decision had to be made. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara outlined three possible courses of action for the president: "The political course of action" of openly approaching Castro‚ Khrushchev‚ and U.S. allies in a gambit to resolve the crisis diplomatically
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Why was Khrushchev toppled from power in 1964? Nikita Khrushchev‚ though not the most likely successor to Stalin‚ became the leader of the USSR in 1953 and was toppled from power in 1964 after a Coup in which his policies were attacked by his colleagues. They accused him of being contradictory towards Lenin’s teachings‚ especially in his agricultural and industrial policies‚ in being an unfitted leader and erratic in his approach‚ as well as being reckless over the Cuban Missiles Crisis and West
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were Laverntii Beria (1899-1953)‚ Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)‚ Georgi Malenkov (1902-88) and Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986)‚ however‚ Beria was executed as a traitor within two months of Stalin’s death and Malenkov was forced to resign by 1955. Molotov‚ Stalin’s veteran Foreign Minister‚ remained to have a large following of the ‘old guard’ which was a clear threat to Khrushchev as many of them may have been influenced by nostalgia from the Stalin era. Khrushchev‚ therefore‚ had to detach himself
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The Cuban Missile Crisis The Days the Earth Held its Breath By Michael Karlov The twentieth century was a very dark time for mankind. Humanity had survived through two devastating World Wars‚ the Great Depression and many other revolutionary events. Moreover‚ humanity witnessed firsthand what science was able to achieve in the military sphere and how much destruction could possibly follow. After the complete obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 with the power of state-of-the-art
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was an outstanding clash of the goals and ideals of three leaders; Kennedy of the United States‚ Khrushchev of the USSR‚ and Castro of Cuba. Both the U.S. and the USSR the most powerful coutnries in the world with very differing governmental beliefs that caused both nations "to construe the other as inevitably hostile and‚ indeed‚ evil. (p. 7) Cuba‚ a country that had entirely adapted communist beliefs once under the rule of Castro‚ served as a major ’front’ in the Cold War
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Soviet Union was desperately behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe but U.S. missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union. In late April 1962‚ Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing intermediate-range missiles in Cuba. A deployment in Cuba would double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a real deterrent to a potential U.S. attack against the Soviet Union. Castro agreed to this plan‚ only
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the Soviet Union was lagging behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe‚ but the U.S. missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union. In May 1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing intermediate-range missiles in Cuba. A deployment in Cuba would double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a real deterrent to a potential U.S. attack against the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro was looking for
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