Stalin's death in 1953 marked a change in the political evolution of the Soviet Union. The new Secretary General of the Communist Party was Nikita Khrushchev. Between 1956 and 1964 there were significant changes in the USSR, although the essence of the organization of Soviet power remained. The destalinization initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in condemnation of the wave of terror imposed by the government of former leader and in recognition of the mistakes of the government in economic matters, gave way to the beginning of a new era in the Soviet Union. He tried to implement peaceful coexistence in foreign policy, and tried to rethink the objectives of economic planning, with a greater interest in the development of the industry of consumer goods.
