I recently read that Khrushchev was removed from power, but I can't find much on the method used to do so. All I can really in regards to the "how" find is Brezhnev orchestrated it. What allowed Kruschev to be removed from power?
This also makes me wonder, if there was a procedure to remove people from power, did anyone make an attempt to remove Stalin from power? I know Kruschev just went along with it and didn't resist, but I feel like that would not be the case with Stalin. My guess would be people would start dying if they had tried, but I can't find anything specifically mentioning it.
https://direct.mit.edu/jcws/article/24/1/78/109004/You-Don-t-Know-Khrushchev-Well-The-Ouster-of-the
This link will get you to an article that explains a lot about that, from different perspectives. But basically, Khruschev knew something was being plotted, but it happened faster than he thought, and when it did, he chose not to fight it, and just retired. After all, he'd been active in the Soviet government since the 1920's under and through the Stalin era. Once he realized his Kremlin opponents had government institutions on his their side, he decided he'd had enough. He died just a few years later. The trigger for his ouster was a proposed 'reform of government' which apparently threatened the careers of powerful people and the way they did things. When they realized they weren't alone, the forced Khruschev to 'resign'. At least they didn't murder him.