Brezhnev era

• why was Khrushchev seen as vulnerable after 1962?

  • events in CMC and Berlin crisis means failures of the party leadership
  • domestic policies failed to improve soviet standard of living and availability of consumer goods to Western levels
• how was Khrushchevs removal planned?

  • Khrush was absent from the Kremlin for 5 months (1964) and a group of Party insiders, led by Brezhnev planned this removal.
  • Khrush summoned into a meeting and attacked by other members, he accepted ouster and retired ('poor health' and 'age')