Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Occupation

Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Virgin Lands Kazakhstan Expansion

Directs major investment and migration toward new grain-growing areas in northern Kazakhstan.

Foreign Policy Statement at Moscow

Russia declares an end to belligerency with Germany

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

State of War with Germany

The Soviet Union formally ends its state of war with Germany.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Malenkov Removed as Premier

Helps force Georgy Malenkov from the premiership, strengthening Khruschev's position in the collective leadership.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Treaty of Friendship

8 Communist countries sign a Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation & Mutual Assistance

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Warsaw Pact Created

The Soviet Union and seven Eastern European allies establish the Warsaw Pact.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Austrian State Treaty

The four occupying powers sign the Austrian State Treaty, leading to the withdrawal of occupation forces.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Belgrade Reconciliation with Tito

Visits Yugoslavia and repairs relations with Josip Broz Tito after the Stalin-era split.

Role range: 1953-1964

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

West Germany joins NATO, an obstacle to east-west relations

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

West Germany joins NATO, an obstacle to east-west relations

Role range: 1953-1964

Belgrade Declaration

Signs the Belgrade Declaration recognizing different national paths to socialism.

Role range: 1953-1964

Geneva Summit

Attends the four-power Geneva Summit, where leaders discuss European security, German reunification and disarmament.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Pravda

Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschevs foreign policy

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Conference of Geneva

The 1st postwar East-West summit. Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschevs foreign policy. Khruschev rejects Eisenhowers proposals for free flights over Russia & the USA. Despite a spirit of rapprochement the Geneva Conference is disappointing

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

RDS-37 Thermonuclear Test

The Soviet Union tests RDS-37, its first two-stage thermonuclear weapon design.

Role range: 1953-1964

India State Visit

Visits India with Nikolai Bulganin and promotes Soviet economic and diplomatic cooperation.

Role range: 1953-1964

Burma Visit

Visits Burma during a wider Asian tour intended to expand Soviet relations with non-aligned states.

Role range: 1953-1964

Armament

Russia provides major military support to Egypt

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Austrian Neutrality Agreement

Supports the agreement under which Austria becomes independent and permanently neutral.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Dismissal

Manages to manoeuvre Malankov from his position as First Secretary

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Early De-Stalinization

Begins dismantling selected aspects of Stalin's political legacy before the Twentieth Party Congress.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Economy of Russia

Gosplan is divided into two commissions, the USSR Council of Minister's State Commission for Advanced Planning and the USSR Council of Minister's Economic Commission on Current Planning, tasked with predictive and immediate planning

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Gosplan Reorganization

The Soviet planning apparatus is reorganized into separate long-term and current-planning bodies.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Gosplan

Gosplan is divided into two commissions, the USSR Council of Minister's State Commission for Advanced Planning and the USSR Council of Minister's Economic Commission on Current Planning, tasked with predictive and immediate planning

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Military Assistance to Egypt

Approves major Soviet-bloc military assistance to Egypt during the expansion of Soviet influence in the Middle East.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Neutrality

Agrees Austria will be neutral, neither part of the Eastern bloc nor part of the west

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Neutrality

A state Treaty is signed with by the 4 occupying powers, Austria remains neutral

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Stalinization

Begins the policy of de-Stalinization

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Treaty Signed at Vienna

A state Treaty is signed with by the 4 occupying powers, Austria remains neutral

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Treaty of Friendship

Russia & Yugoslavia sign a Treaty of friendship

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Treaty of Friendship

Russia & Yugoslavia sign a Treaty of friendship. Russia provides major military support to Egypt. Khruschev visits Yugoslavia to "bury the hatchet" with Tito. Khruschev & Bulganin visit Indonesia. Khruschev & Bulganin visit India. Khruschev & Bulganin visit Burma. Goes on a visit to India in order to provide technical & economic assistance. Agrees Austria will be neutral, neither part of the Eastern bloc nor part of the west

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Congress of Communist Party, 20th

Makes a speech in closed session demolishing Stalins supposed infallibility

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Twentieth Party Congress Opens

Opens the Twentieth Party Congress and presents a report emphasizing peaceful coexistence and economic competition.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Congress of Communist Party, 20th

Denounces Stalin as a criminal & that unreconstructed Stalinists are no better

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Secret Speech Against Stalin

Delivers the secret speech denouncing Stalin's cult of personality, purges and abuses of power.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Stalinization

Makes a speech denouncing Stalin as a military incompetent, a liar & mass murderer

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Peaceful Coexistence Policy

Promotes peaceful coexistence with capitalist states as an official theme of Soviet foreign policy.

Role range: 1953-1964

United Kingdom Visit

Begins a state visit to Britain with Premier Nikolai Bulganin for talks on East-West relations.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Visit to London

Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964