Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokufa kwomutungamiriri weSoviet Joseph Stalin muna 1953 purogiramu yokuchinja mitemo yakatangwa, yakazozivikanwa seyokubvisa vaStalin. Nikita Khrushchev, uyo akatevera Stalin somutungamiri weSoviet, akaunza gadziridzo dzakasununguka mukati menguva inozivikanwa seKhrushchev Thaw. Zvisinei
Manege Affair ya1962, apo Khrushchev akashora pachena kuratidzwa kwemifananidzo yeSoviet, yakatungamira mukusimbiswa kweCommunist Party kudzora pamusoro pehunyanzvi uye yakaratidza kutanga kwekuguma kweCultural Thaw.