East European History

Table of Contents

Courses

History 0200

• Topic 1
• Topic 2
• Topic 3
• Topic 4
• Topic 5
• Midterm Review
• Final Exam Options
• Final Review

Historical Timelines

• 1998-1953

• 1953-1998

History 1270

• Outline
• Questions

Useful Links

Maps

Related Sites

News Sources

Library Resources

Topic Three - Lecture One

De-Stalinization in Eastern Europe:  Hungary and Poland, 1953-1956 

I. Introduction:  from Stalin,s death to the death of communism 

II. Features of Stalinism
 

-break-neck industrialization & modernization

-human dislocation

-party is always right

-Stakhanovism:  brutal labor rhythms

-terror

III. Hungary:  Imre Nagy & the "New Course (Rakosi, Rajk)

IV.  Polish de-Stalinization

(Wladyslaw Gomulka, Bierut)

Defection of Swiatlo

Wazyk:  Poem for Adults

Socialist Realism