19.  LECTURE:  Wednesday, March 2     Khrushchev Attempts to Rejuvenate Leninism.  You can measure the significance of an event by the changes it stimulates.  Stalin’s death (video in Russian) is a perfect example of a world- historical event.  In 1953, the question was how to take advantage of the opportunity.  The new First Secretary of the Communist Party of the … Continue reading DEFENDERS