THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA

Term Paper Title	THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA
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THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA





                                                                                                    11/13/2003

                                                                                                   Intro Russia

Although many of Khrushchev�s ideas did not bring the expected results,

his policies of de-Stalinization were very wise politically. He went against many of

Stalin�s policies and gave the people a better sense of freedom.

            In the process known as de-Stalinization, legal procedures were restored,

and forced labor camps were closed. The economy was modernized and foreign

policy was introduced more flexibly. There was also a political discussion, a forty-

hour work week where people were free to change jobs, and better government

planning on production. Khrushchev worked to improve issues better and more

successfully then former leaders and improve the nation worldwide. Khrushchev

also was concerned with making the life of individuals better, he attempted to

increase the supply of food, make automobiles available, and provide more

housing.

            Khrushchev brought together a new policy in which leadership was

decentralized to allow managers and directors more power to run their business.

This helped to balance the agriculture and increase food production so that there

were less food shortages. Machine and Tractor Stations were set up in the

countryside with skilled mechanics. The districts were allowed to decide on what

crops to plant and when, rather then being directed from the center. Khrushchev

also initiated the Virgin Lands Program in which he introduced intensive irrigation

to raise food production bringing in 32 million acres of uncultivated land in

Kazakhstan and south western Siberia. 85,000,000 additional acres of land were

identified with Khrushchev who eventually took over the agricultural policy from

Malenkov in September 1953. Khrushchev demanded 70 million acres of corn to

be planted to increase livestock production. Despite the sandstorms and soil

erosion, Khrushchev was successful in expanding agriculture into the Virgin

Lands, and to this day it is a major part of the region�s grain sources. In 1954

agriculture production started to increase by only 3 perc...

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