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BGS History A2 Revision Tests
Peaceful Coexistence 1953- 1956
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1) What was Destalinisation?

• The attempts to liberalise the USSR after the
  death of Stalin in 1953.

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2) What happened on 25th February 1956?

• Khrushchevs famous speech at the 20th Party
  Conference, where he denounced Stalin and
  recognised the rights of the satellite states to
  find their national ways to socialism

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3) Why else were expectations of reform higher
during this time?

• Improved relations between the USSR and
  Yugoslavia- again reinforcing different roads to
  socialism.

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4) What was the issue with different roads to
socialism?

• Questions over how the USSR would react to a
  controversial road that they might not agree with

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5) Why the USSR intervene in the Polish Crisis?

• Feared theyd seek to restore Polish independence

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6) Why did the Red Army troops pull out?

• Deteriorating situation in Hungary

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7) What were Titos ambitions for Hungary?

• For it become an independent Communist regime,
  and look to Belgrade rather then Moscow.

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8) Why did the USSRs decision to place Imre Nagy
in charge of Hungary backfire?

• He announced he intended to withdraw from the
  Warsaw Pact, and share power with non-Communist
  groups.

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9) What was the Suez Crisis?

• British, French and Israeli attack on Egypt
  focused on the Suez canal as a result of its
  nationalisation.

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10) Why is the Suez Crisis important to the
Hungarian uprising?

• Khrushchev pressured from two sides- couldnt
  afford to lose influence in the Middle East and
  in Hungary.

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11) How did the Suez crisis end? (3)

• US supported Egypt, believing that Britain and
  France were wrong to try and prop up their
  disintegrating empires.
• US applied pressure on Britain by refusing loans,
  and brought an end to fighting on 6th November.
• On 5th November, USSR threatened nuclear attacks
  on Britain, France and Israel if they did not
  withdraw

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12) Why is this development important? (2)

• Appeared to the world that the Soviet ultimatum,
  rather than US financial pressure, had saved
  Egypt.
• Also marked the beginning of nuclear diplomacy

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13) Following these crises, how did USSR react to
this at the Moscow Conference of international
Communist leaders, October 1957?

• Declared the USSR as the first and mightiest of
  socialist countries
• Despite some freedoms- countries were encouraged
  to stick to the Soviet model.

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14) Why was Western Europe concerned, following
the development of Soviet nuclear policy?

• Threatened with attack, would the US surrender
  West Germany, or Western Europe in order to
  protect themselves?