Across
- 3. New name of the secret police. Created in 1954
- 7. Khrushchev's chief power rival during 1954-57. Dismissed from politburo in 1957
- 8. Party Congress. Venue of the 'secret speech' in 1956
- 9. System of appointing ministers from a Party agreed list, "proving" legitimacy
- 12. Form of government favoured by Stalin. Abhorred by Khrushchev
- 14. Culture of the Proletariat
- 17. Form of art hated by both Stalin and Khrushchev
- 18. Office for censorship
- 19. Zedong. Communist leader of China whom Khrushchev had frosty relations with
- 20. Poisoned Dwarf. Second leader of the NKVD
Down
- 1. Alexei. Miner who hewed record level of coal during First Five Year Plan
- 2. Female branch of the Communist Party
- 4. Successor of Khrushchev; rules for 18 years
- 5. Magnet-town. Iconic symbol of socialist industrialisation during First Five Year plan
- 6. Ministry of Economic Planning
- 10. New name for Politburo
- 11. Epic battle of 1942, eventual Russian victory
- 13. Communist Youth Party provisioning for 7-17 y/olds
- 15. Khrushchev worked here during WW2
- 16. Lavrenti. Head of KGB, executed by Khrushchev in 1953