1. Khrushchev and Reforms in the Eastern Bloc
The beginning of Khrushchev's ambitious reforms may be considered the 20th congress of the CPSU (February 1956), which was followed by the exposure of crimes, committed by Stalin and his entourage, the beginning of mass rehabilitation of repressed people and the criticism of dictatorial governance. ... The area of criticism had extended. ... In Budapest, in the literary club Petofi, the calls for a change of government had sounded. ...
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