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  2. Nikita Khrushchev - Wikipedia

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    Khrushchev's "secret speech" attack on Stalin in 1956 was a signal for abandoning Stalinist precepts and looking at new options, including more involvement in the Middle East. Khrushchev in power did not moderate his personality—he remained unpredictable and was emboldened by the spectacular successes in space.

  3. Corruption in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    2.1 Khrushchev era. 2.2 Brezhnev era. 2.3 Andropov. 2.4 ... Among accusations was a large kickback while contracting the works at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant in ...

  4. List of power stations in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas electricity generation by type, 2001-2024. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh. [2]

  5. De-Stalinization - Wikipedia

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    He was soon removed from power, arrested on 26 June 1953, and executed on 24 December 1953. Khrushchev emerged as the most powerful Soviet politician. [3] A period of "silent de-Stalinization" subsequently took place, as the revision of Stalin's policies was done in secret, and often with no explanation.

  6. Khrushchev Thaw - Wikipedia

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    The Khrushchev Thaw (Russian: хрущёвская о́ттепель, romanized: khrushchovskaya ottepel, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfskəjə ˈotʲːɪpʲɪlʲ] or simply ottepel) [1] is the period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s when repression and censorship in the Soviet Union were relaxed due to Nikita Khrushchev's policies of de-Stalinization [2] and peaceful coexistence with other nations.

  7. Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

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    Most domestic animals were removed from the exclusion zone, but horses left on an island in the Pripyat River 6 km (4 mi) from the power plant died when their thyroid glands were destroyed by radiation doses of 150–200 Sv. [167]

  8. Cold War (1953–1962) - Wikipedia

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    During a subsequent period of collective leadership, Khrushchev gradually consolidated his hold on power. At a speech [ 4 ] to the closed session of the Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , February 25, 1956, First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev shocked his listeners by denouncing Stalin's personality cult and the ...

  9. Phillips disaster of 1989 - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Phillips plant prior to the explosion, looking from the southwest to the northeast. The HCC produced approximately 15 × 10 ^ 9 lb (6.8 × 10 ^ 6 t) per year of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), a plastic material used to make milk bottles and other containers.