Moscow 1956 : the silenced spring /

Joseph Stalin had been dead for three years when his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, stunned a closed gathering of Communist officials with a litany of his predecessor's abuses. Meant to clear the way for reform from above, Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" of February 25, 1956, shatter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Kathleen E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971. Political rehabilitation > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985. Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985.

Table of Contents:

January: after the ice
February: a sudden thaw
March: a flood of questions
April: early spring
May: fresh air
June: first flush of youth
July: intellectual heat
August: by the sweat of their brows
September: ocean breezes
October: storm clouds
November: winds from the east
December: the big chill.