Nikita Krushchev and De-Stalinization
- Stalin dies in 1953
- Malenkov becomes Soviet leader in 1953-55
- Replaced by Nikita K in 1955
- Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
- First act was to form Warsaw Pact
- It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
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