Destalinise (Verb)
Meaning
Counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism; "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Nikita Khrushchev's policies were aimed at destalinising the Soviet Union by promoting some reforms and revelations about Stalin's atrocities.
- After Stalin's death, his successor began to destalinise the government by removing key figures associated with Stalin from power.
- In the years following Stalin's death, the Soviet government attempted to destalinise the economy by decentralising some state controls.
- Stalin's successor announced plans to destalinise the country by revealing the true extent of Stalin's atrocities.
- In a period of ongoing destalinisation, Russia slowly moved towards greater openness and reduced repression in the late 20th century.