Difference between revisions of "Destalinization"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| (5 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | 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. |
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Russian History]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:35, January 15, 2021
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.