Khrushchev Thaw

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Khrushchev_Era
gptkbp:characterizedBy gptkb:politics
release of political prisoners
cultural liberalization
partial de-Stalinization
greater freedom of expression
increased contact with the West
relaxation of censorship
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:endDate 1964
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Brezhnev_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Khrushchev Thaw
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Soviet_dissident_movement
gptkb:Soviet_literature
Soviet art
Soviet cinema
Soviet science
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Secret_Speech
gptkb:Sinyavsky–Daniel_trial
publication of Doctor Zhivago
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Andrei_Sakharov
gptkb:Anna_Akhmatova
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Boris_Pasternak
gptkb:Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Stalinist_era
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Virgin_Lands_Campaign
gptkb:de-Stalinization
gptkb:20th_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Khrushchyovka
gptkb:space_race
Soviet–US relations
Soviet economic reforms
Soviet education reforms
Soviet housing reforms
gptkbp:significance increased openness to foreign influences
reduced the use of terror and repression
set the stage for later dissident movements
allowed for greater artistic and intellectual freedom
marked a period of relative liberalization in the USSR
gptkbp:startDate 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:concentration_camp
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Nikita_Jrushchov
gptkb:Brezhnev_Era
gptkb:Georgy_Malenkov
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5