A file of weekly letters from the British embassy in Moscow concerning developments in the Soviet Union between January and mid-December 1964. The documents discuss the fall of Nikita Khrushchev, the former Soviet leader; the rise of Leonid Brezhnev, the new First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; and the question of which other senior Soviet politicians will support Brezhnev's leadership. The documents also cover recent religious, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union; the Soviet government's acquiescence in the publication of a number of previously banned texts; a campaign launched in the Soviet press encouraging the Soviet public to consume less alcohol; and recent developments in Soviet public opinion, including translations of a number of jokes about the Soviet leadership, particularly Khrushchev, that spread amongst the Soviet public. Other documents comment on recent developments in Soviet agriculture.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- China United States of America
- Department Reference
- File 1013
- Document Type
- Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 371/177663
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.177663
- Key Events
- Replacement of Nikita Khrushchev by Leonid Brezhnev as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Pages
- 216
- Persons Discussed
- Anastas Mikoyan Frol Kozlov Kliment Voroshilov Konstantin Rokossovskii Leonid Brezhnev Mikhail Suslov Nikita Khrushchev Nikolai Bulganin Patriarch Alexii I Rodion Malinovskii Trofim Lysenko
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- Domestic Politics Media and Culture