Thaw. How it was?

The thaw is the beginning of a new era, which set its task to change the socio -political life, the domestic and foreign policy of the state. The awareness of the consequences of the Stalinist regime, the emergence of freedom of speech, openness of the Western world was adjacent to the riots, protest performances and the Caribbean crisis.
Thaw - a new period of power struggle or cultural phenomenon?
What led to the beginning of the Caribbean crisis?
Is it possible to stop the collapse of the social camp?
In the new book of the series “Our XX century. How it was? Historian Armen Gasparyan, political scientist Dmitry Kulikov and radio host of Vesti FM Giya Sarallidze understand the achievements and missed capabilities of the Soviet Union of that period