History of the Soviet Union (1953–1964)
In the USSR, during the eleven-year period from the death of Joseph Stalin (1953) to the political ouster of Nikita Khrushchev (1964), the national politics were dominated by the Cold War, including the U.S.–USSR struggle for the global spread of their respective socio-economic systems and ideology, and the defense of hegemonic spheres of influence. Since the mid-1950s, despite the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) having disowned Stalinism, the political culture of Stalinism — a very powerful General Secretary of the CPSU—remained in place, albeit weakened.
| 1953–1964 | |||
The USSR: the maximum extent of the Soviet sphere of influence, after the Cuban Revolution (1959) and before the Sino-Soviet split (1961). | |||
| Location | Soviet Union | ||
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| Including | Cold War | ||
| Leader(s) | Georgy Malenkov Nikita Khrushchev | ||
| Key events | East German uprising of 1953 Vietnam War Suez Crisis Space Race On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences De-Stalinization Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Virgin Lands campaign Cuban Revolution 1959 Tibetan uprising Sino–Soviet split Novocherkassk massacre Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Moscow protest | ||
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