Question

Based on this passage, what was Khrushchev’s point of view of Stalin?

Stalin was too weak-willed to be an effective leader.
Stalin primarily used persuasion to gain the support of others.
Stalin remained open to criticism when he became the party’s leader.
Stalin harmed anyone who did not agree with him and his policies.

Stalin acted not through persuasion, explanation, and patient cooperation with people, but by imposing his concepts and demanding absolute submission to his opinion. Whoever opposed this concept or tried to prove his viewpoint, and the correctness of his position, was doomed to removal from the leading collective and to subsequent moral and physical annihilation. . . . Many prominent party leaders and rank-and-file party workers, honest and dedicated to the cause of communism, fell victim to Stalin's despotism.

—Nikita Khrushchev,
1956

Answer 1

Answer: D) Stalin harmed anyone who did not agree with him and his policies.


Explanation: In the Writing it is stated, " Whoever opposed this concept or tried to prove his viewpoint, and the correctness of his position, was doomed to removal from the leading collective and to subsequent moral and physical annihilation."

Answer 2

The correct option is D.

Stalin harmed anyone who did not agree with him and his policies.

In the writing, it is stated, " Whoever opposed this concept or tried to prove his viewpoint, and the correctness of his position was doomed to removal from the leading collective and to subsequent moral and physical annihilation."

How was Khrushchev different from Stalin?

Khruschev was different from Stalin to the extent that he made the communist regime much less repressive. He freed many political prisoners and blamed Stalin for the persecutions he carried out. Krushchev introduced destalinization and tried to erase Stalin era from Soviet History.

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