The USSR: 1946–1964
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three positive results and two problems of the Khrushchev era.
Positive: rehabilitation, housing, space achievements; problems: agricultural difficulties, suppression in Hungary.
2
Explain the meaning of the word “Thaw” in three sentences.
A period of partial softening of political control, rehabilitation and wider cultural freedom.
3
What was the international significance of the space achievements?
Scientific success and rivalry with the USA, technological advance.
4
Explain in one sentence the power struggle after Stalin’s death.
After a struggle among leaders Khrushchev took the lead as First Secretary.
5
Discuss what cotton monoculture and the opening of virgin lands meant for Uzbekistan in the 1950s.
Free answer: irrigated land expanded, but ecological and economic dependence problems appeared.