March 1953 - Stalin’s death , 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the new Soviet leader and he introduced a de-Stalinisation, 1956 - Riots in Poland and Czechoslovakia, October 1956 - Rebellion in Hungary, 4 November 1956 - 6,000 Soviet tanks crossed the Hungarian border. Bitter street fighting occurred and 30,000 were killed., Late 1950’s - Khrushchev and the East German authorities were concerned about the 'brain drain' from East Germany towards West Germany., 1 May 1960 - An American U2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR., June 1961 - Khrushchev demanded that the Americans leave West Berlin., 13 August 1961 - A barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin., 1964, - Khrushchev had been ousted from power, and was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev., January 1968 - Alexander Dubček became the new communist leader of Czechoslovakia., April 1968 - Dubček introduced reforms. provide ‘socialism with a human face’., 20 - 500,000 troops entered Czechoslovakia after Brezhnev received a letter from four Czech communists requesting help., November 1968 - Brezhnev declared that the USSR would not allow the countries of Eastern Europe to reject communism, "even if it meant a third World War." This became known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.,

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