The Khrushchev Thaw brought some liberalization from "summary" of A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
The Khrushchev Thaw was a period of relative liberalization in the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin in 1953. Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin at the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956 was a turning point in Soviet history. This speech marked the beginning of a process of de-Stalinization, as Khrushchev sought to distance himself from the excesses of the Stalin era. One of the key aspects of the Khrushchev Thaw was a relaxation of censorship and a loosening of ideological controls. Writers and artists were given more freedom to explore controversial or taboo subjects, leading to a flowering of creativity in the arts. This period saw the emergence of the "thaw generation" of writers and intellectuals who pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in Soviet s...
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