Date of Award

1964

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Roman Smal-Stocki

Abstract

The fearful world of Communism was shocked and confused as never before in the year 1956. Stalin, Russia's ideal, had been destroyed. Nikita Khrushchev in his "secret speech" to the Twentieth Party Congress leveled criticism against Stalin's abuses of power.

The unexpected dethronement of Stalin by men who had been his hand picked associates presents an interesting study. Stalin's critics, it should be noted, did not aim their assult against the early years of his rule or the under-lying principles of the policies he had pursued. On the contrary, they approved Stalin's role in the revolution, his record during the civil war, and his programs to industrialize and collectivize the U.S.S.R. Where Khrushchev and his collegues leveled criticism at Stalin will be covered at length in this paper. The possible losses and gains that resulted from the criticism of Stalin will be another important idea considered in this essay.

Comments

A Research Paper submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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