Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain”
The aim of the article is to present the changesthattook place after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 in the Soviet Union and in somecountriesincluded in its “externalempire”. The “Iron Curtain”, which divided the worldintotwoparts, began to shiftafter the Generalissimo’sdeath and revealed differe...
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| description | The aim of the article is to present the changesthattook place after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 in the Soviet Union and in somecountriesincluded in its “externalempire”. The “Iron Curtain”, which divided the worldintotwoparts, began to shiftafter the Generalissimo’sdeath and revealed differences in the approach of individualcountries to the „newcourse” announced by Stalin’ssuccessors.
In somecountries, the death of the Kremlindictatorbeganchanges in the policy of the time, in others the methodscharacteristic of Stalinismwerecontinued, whichmeant the activity of anall-powerfulapparatus of repressionseeking real and imagined “enemies”, the central authority of unlimitedpower with mass terror and striving for totalcontrol of citizens and allmanifestations of social life. The textpresents the most importantelements of the policy of the Communistparties in the Soviet Union, GDR, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria in 1953 whichwereconsistent with the process of re-Stalinization, characterized by similarity to governmentsduring the dictator’s life and de-Stalinization, thatis, the reversals of methods and toolsknown in the Stalinism period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea531b65fd648b58d1039ee53cd013a2022-12-22T01:28:03ZdeuThe Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow PressThe Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II2083-80182391-65592019-12-0192253910.15633/pch.3448Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain”Rafał Opulski0Historical Research Office of the Institute of National Remembrance, Krakow, PolandThe aim of the article is to present the changesthattook place after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 in the Soviet Union and in somecountriesincluded in its “externalempire”. The “Iron Curtain”, which divided the worldintotwoparts, began to shiftafter the Generalissimo’sdeath and revealed differences in the approach of individualcountries to the „newcourse” announced by Stalin’ssuccessors. In somecountries, the death of the Kremlindictatorbeganchanges in the policy of the time, in others the methodscharacteristic of Stalinismwerecontinued, whichmeant the activity of anall-powerfulapparatus of repressionseeking real and imagined “enemies”, the central authority of unlimitedpower with mass terror and striving for totalcontrol of citizens and allmanifestations of social life. The textpresents the most importantelements of the policy of the Communistparties in the Soviet Union, GDR, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria in 1953 whichwereconsistent with the process of re-Stalinization, characterized by similarity to governmentsduring the dictator’s life and de-Stalinization, thatis, the reversals of methods and toolsknown in the Stalinism period.http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/3448/3347stalinismnewcoursede-stalinizationre-stalinization |
| spellingShingle | Rafał Opulski Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II stalinism newcourse de-stalinization re-stalinization |
| title | Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” |
| title_full | Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” |
| title_fullStr | Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” |
| title_short | Stalinization, de-Stalinization, and re-Stalinization. 1953 behind the “Iron Curtain” |
| title_sort | stalinization de stalinization and re stalinization 1953 behind the iron curtain |
| topic | stalinism newcourse de-stalinization re-stalinization |
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