| − | When Nikita Khrushchev succeeded Stalin as ruler of the Soviet Union, he began to try to wipe out any memory or support of Stalin in what is called "destalinization". | + | When [[Nikita Khrushchev]] succeeded [[Joseph Stalin]] as ruler of the [[Soviet Union]], he began to try to wipe out any memory or support of Stalin in what is called "destalinization". He took down Stalin’s statue and renamed Stalingrad to Volgograd. |