Nikita Khrushchev permitted the publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which was a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn that depicted life in a Soviet labor camp. This was seen as a departure from the strict censorship policies of Stalin's era and a sign of the beginning of Khrushchev's more liberal policies.

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev

A) was determined to follow in Stalin's path,avoiding even the appearance of innovation.
B) was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders.
C) was mocked as "Cottonman" by many Russians.
D) permitted the publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
E) praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress.

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