... suggest that the only familiar feature to him would be that of the single ruler but if he were to "glance beneath the outward veneer"3 he would not recognise the situation. Pethybridge suggests that Khrushchev's rule was not as secure as Stalin's was and therefore could not afford to be a totalitarian ruler like Stalin. Other historians support Pethybridge's view that after Stalin's death the country's Style of leadership changed dramatically some even suggest, that the changes began Almost Immediately after Stalin's death, "there were cautious movements towards de- Sralinisation."4 They all agree these changes were necessary due to the state of the Country both economically and socially, Pethybridge suggests if Stalin had lived he would not have had to make these changes as his power was secure due to being a "hero of the mightiest war ever fought and could afford to be set in his ways."5 While Pethybridge suggests that if Khrushchev wanted to hold ...

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