Consequences of the secret speech Flashcards
(21 cards)
Who was the initial Stalinist leader in charge of Poland and who did Khrushchev nominate to replace him when he died?
Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him
What was the reaction in Poland to the secret speech?
-demand for political freedom
-uprising
When did the uprising in Poland follow the secret speech?
28th June 1956
What were the demands of the June 1956 Polish uprising?
-wage increases
-better working conditions
Which minister demanded a violent supression of the Polish revolution?
Konstantin Rokossovsky
How many people killed in the June 1956 Polish uprising?
60 people killed + 100s wounded.
How did Khrushchev attempt to supress the consequences of the secret speech in Poland?
-sent troops to Warsaw to threaten.
-23 people killed + young protesters appeared at show trials.
Who took leadership of Poland without Russian approval?
Gomulka (had been previously expelled by Stalin)
What did Khruschev intitially do with Gomulka?
-met up and threatened millitary intervention
-agreed he would be appointed firt seretary of SWP- as long as no reforms threatening to communist + stay in Warsaw pact.
What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?
-Polish support of Gomulka.
-soviet troops allowed in Poland to protect.
-independence of satilite state.
What was the reaction to the secret speech in hungary?
-Imre Nagy took role of leader of hungarian revolution after removal of stalinist leader Rakosi
-revolt
Why was Rakosi disliked in hungary?
-brutal supression methods
-low standards of living.
What was the intitial reaction of Russia to the Hungarian revolution?
-not worried.
-destructive behaviour like toppling monuments, ripping out communist symbol of flags, violence + released political prisioners.
-British and French distracted by Suez canal.
What did Hungary think to the British and French getting distracted by the suez canal?
-‘wrecked the rising’
-had asked UN but too distracted
What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?
-free elections + end of the secret police.
-withdraw from Warsaw pact.
What were the consequences of the hungarian revolution?
-Khrushchev invades budapest 1st november 1956
-street fighting ceases after 2 weels
-nagy executed
-new pro soviet leader set up
What were the consequences of the secret speech in Yugoslavia?
-Tito initially resisted Stalin- Stalin tries to assassinate him.
-Khrushchev tries to visit around the secret speech + praises him for doing communism in a different way.
In a letter, what did Tito famously write to Stalin?
‘please stop trying to kill me we have already caught 5 of them’
What did Imre Nagy try to do to government?
-free elections + end of the secret police.
-withdraw from Warsaw pact.
Who was the initial Stalinist leader in charge of Poland and who did Khrushchev nominate to replace him when he died?
Boleslaw Beiruit- Ochab to replace him
What was the outcome of the Polish revolution?
-Polish support of Gomulka.
-soviet troops allowed in Poland to protect.
-independence of satilite state.
