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Khrushchev did not realize that "glasnost" would get people thinking outside Russia. One unexpected result was the uprising a year later in Hungary that had to be crushed by the Russian army. The revelations were a devastating blow to international Communism worldwide, especially as intellectuals and artists discovered they had been duped into blind support for a monster. The Chinese moved into the vacuum, idealizing Mao and setting up rival Communist parties in most countries.
Khrushchev did not realize that "glasnost" would get people thinking outside Russia. One unexpected result was the uprising a year later in Hungary that had to be crushed by the Russian army. The revelations were a devastating blow to international Communism worldwide, especially as intellectuals and artists discovered they had been duped into blind support for a monster. The Chinese moved into the vacuum, idealizing Mao and setting up rival Communist parties in most countries.
Realizing he had allowed too much freedom for Communism to survive, Khrushchev shut down the "cultural thaw" that had begun. He closed the magazines in Moscow that had started to honestly describe and analyze Soviet society. The writers, musicians and artists were put under firmer control. [[Boris Pasternak]], winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1958 for his novel ''Doctor Zhivago'' was ostracized as a Judas.<ref> Taubman (2003) pp 383-88</ref>
Tasting a little freedom for the first time ever, Soviet citizens began following Western ideas and fashions in clothing. Realizing he had allowed too much freedom for Communism to survive, Khrushchev shut down the "cultural thaw" that had begun. He closed the magazines in Moscow that had started to honestly describe and analyze Soviet society. The writers, musicians and artists were put under firmer control. [[Boris Pasternak]], winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1958 for his novel ''Doctor Zhivago'' was ostracized as a Judas.<ref> Taubman (2003) pp 383-88</ref>
===Agricultural reform===
===Agricultural reform===
[[File:Red-farms.jpg|thumb|260px|Herblock laughs at the hair growers]]
[[File:Red-farms.jpg|thumb|260px|Herblock laughs at the hair growers]]