What is "destalinization"

n. The process, begun by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita%20Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Stalin

n. social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization" [syn: de-Stalinization, destalinisation, de-Stalinisation]