HIST 3203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: George Orwell, Russian Mafia, Ussr State Prize
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When he came to power, there were signs that there would be change. He belonged to a younger generation, and thus, the stranglehold was broken. He was born to a peasant family in stavropol, march 2nd 1931. His father was a tractor driver, and he worked not eh collective farms as a teen. During the war, he was near the front, and therefore, gained an appreciation for the suffering of wwii. In 1950, he was int eh best law university in the country. He graduated in 1955, the first leader who had had legal training, and the first to be graduated from the uni. He was part of a more liberal generation. This is interesting, as in 1952, stalin was still alive, and he was already taking issues with the purges. He was a member of the party, and headed the communist youth league in stavropol. By 1970, he was first secretary in the region.
