The Soviet leadership called for rapid cultivation of virgin and fallow land, especially in Kazakhstan and Siberia. The campaign mobilized hundreds of thousands of workers and settlers, expanded grain...
The Central Committee rejected an effort by senior leaders including Molotov, Malenkov, and Kaganovich to remove Khrushchev. Khrushchev used party support to consolidate power; the episode also...
The Central Committee accepted Khrushchev’s resignation after senior party officials organized his removal. The episode ended the most visible reform period since Stalin’s death and reaffirmed elite...
The September plenum approved reforms that gave enterprises greater discretion over some production decisions and used profit and sales indicators. The changes sought to address planning bottlenecks...
