TASK 1
Read pages 88 - 93 on textbook and answer to the following questions. > A dropbox below.
1.1.
a) Compare the riots and uprisings in East Germany (in 1953), Poland and Hungary (both in 1956)
b) Compare the Soviet reactions to events in each case.
c) Consider reasons for different reactions by the Soviet Union.
1.2. How did Imre Nagy's role change during the uprising?
1.3. How fair it is to say that 'the USA betrayed the Hungarian opposition movement'?
1.4. 'The only revolutionary activity in the developed world was occurring in the Soviet sphere.' Analyse an irony of this statement.
1.5. How did Eisenhower's rollback differ from the policy of containment?
1.6. According to British journalist John Rettie, Khrushchev's secret speech in February 1956 'changed world history'*. How valid is this statement?

TASK 2
Read an extract from Khrushchev's secret 'de-stalinization' speech on page 94 and discuss with a pair about the questions below the document.

* John Rettie, The secret speech that changed world history. The Guardian, 26 Febr 2006.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/26/russia.theobserver