Krushchev and De-Stalinization
•Stalin dies in 1953
•Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55.
•Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
•Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
•First act was to form Warsaw Pact
•It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
•Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55.
•Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
•Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
•First act was to form Warsaw Pact
•It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
De-Stalinization was put into place to whip out the existence of him after he died.