On Khrushchev and De-Stalinization Upon the death of Stalin in March of 1953, ending twenty-five years of psychological and fear tactic domination by the Stalin regime, a collective leadership replaced the totalitarian ruler of the USSR. From that consequent power struggle, Nikita Khrushchev, bolstered by a strong agricultural background and a heroic military reputation for his leadership in the battle at Slalingrad, arose and took the reigns of leadership from 1953 to 1964. This period is characterized by …showed first 75 words of 2653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2653 total…personality”, whereby implementing his own methods of purge, repression, and bureaucratic abuses, he limited opposition and scrutiny that enabled him to enact widespread reckless policies. In the end, it was the hastiness by which Khrushchev sought to enact various policies to transform blunders in Soviet society, those he himself was responsible for and those fixated in the Stalinist regime, that were far too reckless in dealing with the rise-and-fall tumult of the post-Stalin Soviet Union.