The economy didn't sink under Khruschev. It just grew slower than capitalist nations (and public expectations of growth of QOL). Over the decades, this differe

The economy didn't sink under Khruschev. It just grew slower than capitalist nations (and public expectations of growth of QOL). Over the decades, this difference in growth compounded, until you hit Brezhnev where growth in friction, inefficiency, and corruption exceeded growth in productivity. And then you had a lot of, uh, degrowth with Yeltsin's shock therapy.