rial. This caused satellite countries to take a more independent stand. Khruschev in return eased his stand against Stalin, and ironically used Stalinist methods to thwart the foreign uprisings. He then proceeded to remove Stalin’s body from the mausoleum where it had rested beside Lenin’s. Following the initial changes he made to the Soviet Union and the “secret speech”, Khruschev began a campaign of “De-Stalinization”, whereby he denounced many of Stalin’s actions and policies, and destroyed many things left over from Stalin’s leadership. Specific change made were the further taming of the political police to a point where their status was next to nothing, as well as the halting of terror against the population. Through all of this, the government was paying mare attention to the social legality. This De-Stalinization process invested a newfound confidence within Khruschev, and he began to neglect many of his appointees. These factors lead the lost faith in his leadership. He did not follow up De-Stalinization with changes to the regime. Free expression and political activity were not legally protected; political education was intensified, and there was and increased pressure on religious believers. Some of the changes that Khruschev made at home caused much chaos. In order to win favor with the public following Stalin’s cruel reign, a new policy was initiated called the ‘New Course’. It was created to increase the standard of living, give more attention to light industry and agriculture, and ease the burden of quotas on farmers. As a result it allowed more free expression. His position had few major economic goals except to agriculturally cultivate the barren lands of Kazakhstan and Siberia. This appeared to be working for a short time, but following the first year harvest dropped drastically. In an attempt to decentralize power in the Soviet Union, he ...
