Question

This leader presided over a period whose name was coined by a short Ilya Ehrenburg novel. Vitaly Lagutenko designed the three- to five-story apartment buildings named after this leader, forming part of his Seven-Year Plan. (-5[1])The Anti-Party Group failed to depose this leader, resulting in Georgy Malenkov’s exile. (-5[1])This leader’s speech “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences” (10[1])moved away from his predecessor’s policies and introduced a namesake (10[1])“Thaw.” This Soviet leader had Imre Nagy (“IM-ray NODJ”) executed and suppressed the Hungarian Revolution a few months after his “Secret Speech” of 1956. (10[1])For 10 points, a “de-Stalinization” period began the tenure of what leader of the USSR? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nikita Khrushchev [or Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev; accept khrushchevka or khrushchoba]
<History - European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew Yang (UG)Columbia BColumbia A34-5
Daniel Shannon (DII)University of Delaware ARowan47-5
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandSwarthmore A5810
Finn Doyle (DII)PrincetonSwarthmore B6810
Luke McCrory (DII)NYU BUniversity of Delaware B9010
Ashish KumbhardareRowanUniversity of Delaware A10510
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia AColumbia B10610

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y5100%0%40%85.40