How Did the Soviet Union Change After Khrushchev's Forced Retirement

question 62

Multiple Choice

How did the Soviet Union change after Khrushchev's forced retirement?

• A) There was a short but intense return to the harshest years of Stalinism.
• B) Oligarchic rule emerged stressing reasoned decisions and more restrained authoritarianism.
• C) After a short period of confusion, the Soviet Union embarked on a program of liberalization comparable to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
• D) Nothing fundamental changed. Khrushchev was simply replaced by Brezhnev.
• E) none of the above

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