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1956: Communism Renewed?

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Eastern Europe Since 1945

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Between 1953 and 1956 the twin processes of de-Stalinisation and Soviet—Yugoslav rapprochement opened up the possibility of renewal for the communist states of Eastern Europe. With Khrushchev pressing the East European leaders to undo the injustices of the purge trials, and Tito urging them to adopt the Yugoslav system of workers’ councils, there were moments when it looked as if a very different style of communism might emerge.

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  1. University of the West of England, England

    Geoffrey Swain (Professor of European History)

  2. University of Liverpool, UK

    Nigel Swain (Lecturer in History and Deputy Director of the Centre for Central and East European Studies)

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Swain, G., Swain, N. (1998). 1956: Communism Renewed?. In: Eastern Europe Since 1945. The Making of the Modern World. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27069-9_5

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