Scenarios about 'de-Stalinization'
The process of dismantling Joseph Stalin's cult of personality and reversing his most repressive policies after his death in 1953, primarily associated with Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" in 1956. De-Stalinization involved releasing political prisoners from gulags, reducing censorship, reforming the security apparatus, and acknowledging Stalin's crimes, while creating political tensions within the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries that influenced alternate history scenarios exploring different paths for communist states.
What If Khrushchev Remained in Power Longer?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Nikita Khrushchev avoided his 1964 ouster and continued to lead the Soviet Union, potentially altering the course of the Cold War, Soviet reform, and global geopolitics.