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On 5 March 1953, Stalin died and was quickly succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, who in 1956 denounced Stalin and began the De-Stalinization of Soviet society through the Khrushchev Thaw. Khrushchev was removed from power by his colleagues in 1964 and was succeeded as head of state by Leonid Brezhnev.