Krushechev and De-stalinization
- Stalin dies in 1953
- Malenkov soviet leader in 1955
- Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
- Begins De-Stalinization
- First act was to form Warsaw Pact
- It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
- Krushchev´s speech against Stalin was called "The cult of the individual"
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Summary
After Stalins death there was a power vacuum in Russia until Nikita Krushchev gained power. He tried to fill the vacuum with removing everything that remembered people of Josef Stalin. The Satellite States thought this would signal a less harsh treatment.