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de-Stalinization

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Noun1.de-Stalinization - social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization"
social process - a process involved in the formation of groups of persons


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Glasnost, unlike de-Stalinization, went further by allowing "ordinary people to learn about virtually everything that was wrong with the system and at the same time to realize that their dissatisfactions were widely shared," which made it less necessary to lead the double life, both among the leaders and the led.
Khruschev's secret speech at the CPSU 20th Congress opened a Pandora's box of de-Stalinization and Eastern European efforts to assert larger autonomy.
Even Khrushchev's most Stalinist colleagues favored at least some de-Stalinization, if only to prevent their own power struggles from being resolved by violent means.
 
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