Moscow 1956
The Silenced Spring
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Russia, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Kathleen E. Smith | ISBN: | 9780674977464 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 17, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kathleen E. Smith |
| ISBN: | 9780674977464 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 17, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin’s abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the door to upheaval, as Soviet citizens asked where the system had gone astray. Kathleen Smith contends that the year’s brief thaw set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union’s collapse.
In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin’s abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the door to upheaval, as Soviet citizens asked where the system had gone astray. Kathleen Smith contends that the year’s brief thaw set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union’s collapse.
