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IOTL Khrushchev was reform-minded and he genuinely wanted to make the Soviet people's life better. His time in office, known as the Khrushchev Thaw, was a period of relative relaxation of government censorship and repression with some economic reforms. However in the end his reforms fell short of their objectives and he got couped in 1964 both because of the failure of his domestic policies and for the humiliation caused by the Cuban Missile Crisis.
But what if Khrushchev's reforms were more successful than IOTL and he managed to significantly improve agriculture, reducing heavy industry in favor of consumer goods etc. Managing to revitalize the economy.
Would he still get couped if his domestic policies are a success?
If he still gets couped how would the Brezhnev era unfold differently?
If not how would the foreign and domestic policies of the USSR continue?
IOTL Khrushchev was reform-minded and he genuinely wanted to make the Soviet people's life better. His time in office, known as the Khrushchev Thaw, was a period of relative relaxation of government censorship and repression with some economic reforms. However in the end his reforms fell short of their objectives and he got couped in 1964 both because of the failure of his domestic policies and for the humiliation caused by the Cuban Missile Crisis.
But what if Khrushchev's reforms were more successful than IOTL and he managed to significantly improve agriculture, reducing heavy industry in favor of consumer goods etc. Managing to revitalize the economy.
Would he still get couped if his domestic policies are a success?
If he still gets couped how would the Brezhnev era unfold differently?
If not how would the foreign and domestic policies of the USSR continue?
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