DeStalinization
Although many of his ideas did not bring the expected results, Nikita Khrushchev policies of de-Stalinization were politically wise. He went against many of Stalin's tyrannical policies and gave the people a much greater sense of freedom. In the process known as "de-Stalinization", legal procedures were restored, some greater degree of meaningful public controversy was permitted, forced labor camps were closed and the secret police tactics of Stalin's era were erased. Stalin's method of personal rule was replaced by group rule and more orderly processes of government, the terror apparatus was largely dismantled, the economy was notably modernized and foreign policy was conducted with much greater diplomatic initiative and flexibility. There was free political discussion, a standard forty-hour work week where people were free to change jobs, better government planning on production, and eased travel restrictions over the "Iron Curtain".In the process of de-Stalinization the cities that were once named in honor of Stalin were given new names or returned to their old names1. The statues and pictures of Stalin were destroyed and letters were sent to families of those who were kil
systems must and can be resolved by peaceful means ... During this period the public was given a say in the government, even though an communism express the vital interests of the popular masses. 'We shall never take up arms to force the ideas of communism arrest the spread of the ideas of communism by force of arms are From the excitement of the Khrushchev era, with his remonstrations at the UN, demagogic speeches, the confrontations, the spectacular achievements in space, the huge new hydroelectric schemes, the colonization of the virgin lands and decentralization of planning, Stalinism moved into the dull grayness of decline16. Although Khrushchev was peacefully removed from office by a 'triumvirate' in October 1964 and many of his plans failed, his initial goal was reached. That night he returned home and exclaimed, "Well, that's it. I'm retired now. Perhaps the most important thing I did was just this - that they were able to get rid of me simply by voting, whereas Stalin would have had them all arrested". 17 Machine and Tractor Stations (MTSs) were set up in the countryside with skilled mechanics employed to provide and service agricultural machinery. The districts were allowed to decide on what crops to plant and when, rather than being directed from the center. Quotas for compulsory sale to the state were eased. Thousands of young people and Party workers were dispatched as labor and supervisory personnel to do the job. Also Khrushchev initiated the Virgin Lands Program in 1953, introducing intensive irrigation to increase arable land and thus raise food production bringing into cultivation 32 million acres of previously uncultivated land in Kazakhstan and southwestern Siberia. 85,000,000 additional acres of land were under cultivation by 1956.. All these measures were identified with Khrushchev, who evidently took over agricultural policy from Malenkov in September 1953. In January 1955 Khrushchev demanded that around seventy million acres be planted in corn for fodder in order to increase livestock production. The resulting cornfields, on flat and hilly country, in cold and warm regions, earned him the nickname of kukuruzchik (''the corn enthusiast''). Soil erosion and unpredictable weather wiped out whole harvests, and by the mid-1960s sandstorms became a serious problem. Despite everything, the project of expanding agriculture into the virgin lands succeeded, and to this day form a major part of the region's grain sources. In 1954, the virgin lands provided 37 million tons of the country's 85 million tons
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