Question plus new here!

[CobaltMemoria]

Hello there friends, i am CobaltMemoria, and i have a question which i should understand, and i feel rather uninteligent for not knowing the answer.
Anyway, when Joesph Stalin died, and they made his final resting place the Mausoleum of Lenin (I think thats what its called), anyway im wondering why the Soviet union began the "Destalinisation" of Russia, i assume its because of the "Great Purge" that stalin had instigated.

Sorry, just nervous as im new here, and fearful that im coming off as stuped.

[red cat]

Welcome to RevLeft :)

What are your general ideas about anarchism or communism ?

[Sixiang]

First of all, this is the learning section, and you shouldn't be attacked for asking a question. That's what this section is for. So don't be nervous, ask away.

As far as the question, I am not too well-read on my Soviet history, but basically "De-Stalinization" came about because of the efforts of Kruschev and gang to defame Stalin by trying to establish that he was all wrong, a tyrant, mad with power, and so forth. The famous "Secret Speech" kind of acts as the initiating point of De-Stalinization.

[Reznov]

Believe me, I have asked lots of random questions, its what makes RevLeft one of my favorite sites to visit and talk.

As for that question, in my opinion, the "destalinisation" happened because The Soviet Union was worse than Capitalism was, and was an attempt to correct some of those mistakes (Which probably ended up causing the downfall of the Soviet Union.)

[Nanatsu Yoru]

Welcome comrade! :)

As everyone else as said, this is the Learning forum, the place where sectarianism is (moderately) kept in check and no questions are stupid!

In addition to what everyone else has said, Kruschev was also attempting to govern more in the style of Lenin rather than Stalin. Whether he was successful or not is an issue of much contention.

[graymouser]

Up to 1953, the Soviet bureaucracy had staked its power on the cult of personality around Stalin. Social pressure had been bottled up under tight repression, and after Stalin's death there was a chance that it could erupt in an anti-bureaucracy movement. Khrushchev's "thaw" represented a venting of that pressure to ensure it wouldn't boil over. It had little to do with genuine Marxism or a change from it - that was a dead letter from 1929. But the people who call themselves anti-revisionists of course as the great evil, while nobody sees him as much of a genuine revolutionary.