In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.
Nihilism is the belief that nothing in the world has a real existence, so true
2nd option: Changing Stalin's policies.
The term "de-Stalinization" refers to the political reforms enacted by Nikita Khrushchev.
The reforms eradicated Stalin's influence on the Soviet Union. Khrushchev condemned his predecssor's (Stalin's) actions, and his image as this infalliable leader. Khrushchev promised to revert the Soviet Union back to its self-proclaimed socialist society.
