Political, economic. Social condition

• Biggest chase was end of mass terror and reduction in coercion
• Cold War Propoganda encouraged patriotism and conformity
• Post Stalin was establishing new leadership style backed by party authority rather than individual force
• party elite rose as they wanted control over the very resources that dictated their lifestyles
• developed nukes which gave reputation of military power
• no significant increase from factories or farms

  • ni solution to sustain economic growth
• highest rate of female employment - though shouldered domestic responsibility