Why Did Khrushchev Agricultural Plan

Khrushchev's agricultural plans caused millions of Soviet Citizens to die of starvation and cause massive unrest and discontent. The virgin land scheme was a campaign designed to drastically improve the agricultural production of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev's plan was to convert unused land in Serbia and Kazakhstan into farming land. Yet, there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques. Furthermore, he did not provide these farms with the basic tools and materials to grow crops. He did not even provide them with fertilizer. This caused much of the farmland to be ruined and in 1960 half of all the farmland designated for this new
In 1957, Khrushchev attempted to decrease the amount of power the central government had and instead give power to regional governments. In turn, the economy was severely impacted. It was very hard to restructure the USSR without having a strong central authority. Additionally, the Soviet economy was full of imbalances especially in consumer industries. The USSR tried to produce only what was necessary in order to eliminate waste, however they usually did not produce enough which caused a shortage of goods. Furthermore, the Soviets did not have much money to invest elsewhere as they spent a good portion of their GDP on their military and their various space programs. Finally, Khrushchev spread the investments he could make to widely which, consequently, did not result in anything efficient being done due to the lack of
Peaceful coexistence with the west as well as to prevent nuclear war. The cuban missile crisis was a 12 day standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet Union was not happy about U.S ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) placement in Turkey and in the Middle East. Therefore, they decided to put their own ICBMs in Cuba, just over 100 miles off the coast of Florida.These near two weeks were the closest the U.S and the USSR are thought to have been to a nuclear war. Khrushchev said to President Kennedy, “Mr. President, that you too are not devoid of a sense of anxiety for the fate of the world understanding, and of what war entails. What would a war give you? You are threatening us with war. But you well know that the very least which you would receive in reply would be that you would experience the same consequences as those which you sent us. And that must be clear to us, people invested with authority, trust, and responsibility. We must not succumb to intoxication and petty passions, regardless of whether elections are impending in this or that country, or not impending. These are all transient things, but if indeed war should break out, then it would not be in our power to stop it, for such is the logic of war. I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction.” The Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in the