Notes on Peaceful Coexistence, Khrushchev, the Secret Speech and 1956

In the Secret mother tongue at the closing curtain of the Congress, Khrushchev, in adjunct to denouncing Stalins cult of personality, as well as repeated his visit for an easing of parky War tensions and a policy of pacifist(prenominal) coexistence. Western critics of the intellection of cool coexistence pointed to the result events of 1956 in easterly Europe as proof that at that place was, in reality, no such thing as calm coexistence (the tiger can non reposition his stripes). By criticizing Stalin, Khrushchev had subject both the Russian party and the commie parties in easterly Europe to merely criticism. The popular ascension in Poland began in June 1956. Factory hiters in Poznan paraded. Wadysaw Gomuka (1905-1982), who had been repressed by Stalin, was re-elected head of the glisten Communist Party. Gomulka state that he would work for a more than democratic Poland. Khrushchev did non think that a Soviet host intervention would contact anything, and when Gomulka pledged to respect communist rig (and stay in the Warsaw Pact), Khrushchev verbalize ok. That sure looked standardized a not bad(predicate) sign of smooth coexistence, if Western experts taken matters correctly. Then thither was the Magyar fight off in October-November 1956. \nThe Hungarians began to demonstrate in stand up of the Poles. Imre Nagy (1896-1958), who had been forced bulge of the party in 1955 because of his moderate politics, make a youthful government and tried and true to negotiate with Khrushchev. Hungarians began to flaming the Russian troop stationed in Hungary, and the Russians initially pulled back. For Khrushchev, this was a major problem, especially when Nagy announce that Hungary was going to issue the Warsaw Pact. Could Khrushchev kick that? When further attacks occurred in Hungary on pro-Russian Hungarian communists, the Soviet regular army re-entered the country and downcast the rebellion. About 5000 Hungarians were killed, and hundreds of thousands fled the country. Nagy was arrested in very two-faced circumstances and later executed. For many experts, the Soviet repression confirmed the estimate that Khrushchevs idea of peaceful coexistence was just a smoke interpenetrate and that the Soviets just could not be trusted.